Figurative Language Practice
Authored by Maggie Luchies
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.
A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.
Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.
An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
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
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.
A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.
Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.
An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.
A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.
Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.
An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
How would allusion be defined?
a reference to a famous person, place, or event
words that involve one of the five senses
two lines working as a unit
a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is hyperbole?
A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.
A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.
Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.
An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that imitate natural sounds.
A set expression or phrase that holds meaning in particular cultures or countries, but may mean nothing to outsiders.
A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined in order to create an effect.
A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that is opposite of what you expect.
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
What is irony?
Words that imitate natural sounds.
A set expression or phrase that holds meaning in particular cultures or countries, but may mean nothing to outsiders.
A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined in order to create an effect.
A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that is opposite of what you expect.
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
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