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Figurative Language

Authored by Susan Denzler

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 37+ times

Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common and does not use "like" or "as"

simile

metaphor

allusion

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

hyperbole

symbole

mood

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand. (Usually a reference to something in history or literature)

understatement

allusion

hyperbole

antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect.

metaphor

simile

allusion

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You're a couch potato.

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The sun greeted me this morning.

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is considered what type of figurative language?

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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