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Types of Figurative Language

Authored by Magan Thomas

English

6th Grade

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Types of Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.

Hyperbole

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is a reference to a famous work of literature.  It is something that is in most cases widely known by all people.

Simile

Allusion

Metaphor

Pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A form of language that is spoken in a certain place or by a certain group of people.

Dialect

Idiom

Pun

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.

Simile

Allusion

Hyperbole

Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This refers to a statement in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.

Pun

Idiom

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is language that appeals to the senses and draws an image, or a vivid picture of a scene or experience, in the reader’s mind.

Pun

Imagery

Hyperbole

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech which compares two unlike things by implying that one thing IS something else.

Idiom

Dialect

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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