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Figurative Language

Authored by Dawn Mast

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is an idiom?

A comparison not using like or as
An exaggeration
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
The same beginning sounds repeated

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

personification
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

I wouldn't worry wacky worries unless it was something to really worry about.

alliteration
repetition
idiom
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why do people use figurative language?

To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize an idea and make a point.

To be grammatically correct.
To structure their writing into paragraphs.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a simile? 

Comparing two things without using like and as

Comparing two things in a text

Comparing two things using like and as

None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is an example of an alliteration?

The vase flew off of the shelf. 
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
The plant liked to fly.
I like to eat pie

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

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