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StudySync - Unit 2 - Figurative Language Vocabulary

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6th Grade

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StudySync - Unit 2 - Figurative Language Vocabulary
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a figure of speech?

A word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true, but express some truth beyond the literal level

The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead

The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

A figure of speech in which an animal, an object,  a force of nature, or an idea is given human form

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is personification?

A word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

A figure of speech in which an animal, an object,  a force of nature, or an idea is given human form

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is context?

Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true, but express some truth beyond the literal level

The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile?

A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

A figure of speech in which an animal, an object,  a force of nature, or an idea is given human form

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is figurative language?

A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead

Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true, but express some truth beyond the literal level

A word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is this?

The snow danced around in the wind.

simile

metaphor

personification

breezy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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