Figurative Language

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6th Grade
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SHEILA BROGAN
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figurative language makes a comparison between two unlike things?
"Mary is a couch potato at the moment."
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Oxymoron
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
Which figurative compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
"You look as white as a ghost."
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
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
Which figurative language gives human characteristics to a non-human thing or animal?
"The chocolate ice cream is calling my name."
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech combines apparently contradictory terms?
"That is a jumbo shrimp."
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?
"I’ve seen this movie a million times."
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech imitates sounds associated with objects or actions?
"The cat meowed loudly."
OR
"There it was. Plop. Plop. Plop."
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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 the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words?
"Sally sells seashells by the sea shore."
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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