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Figurative Language Notes

Authored by Lida Bustos

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Notes
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1.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A phrase that compares two unlikely things using "like" or "as" is a ​ (a)  

simile
personification
hyperbole
oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A phrase that compares two unlikely things

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

​ (a)   is a phrase that gives ​ (b)   qualities to nonhuman things

Personification
human
animal
onomatopoeia
mechanical

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An exaggeration that will never happen

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Verbal Ironly

Speaker says one thing but means another

an exaggeration that will never happen

a play of words

an illogical expression that means something else

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A group of words that are self-contradicting is a(n) ​ (a)  

oxymoron
allusion
pun
idiom
euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

personification

Substitutes a word or a phrase to make the expression less offensive or lessen the harshness of its meaning

euphemism

reference to a person, place, thing, or idea that is of great significance

allusion

An illogical expression that means something else

Idiom

A phrase that gives human qualities to nonhuman things

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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