Figurative Language Video/Quiz

What is the purpose of using figurative language in texts?

• To confuse the reader

• To make the text more engaging and relatable

• To make the text longer

• To replace normal language entirely

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What words are commonly used in similes to compare two things?

• But, nor

• Because, therefore

• And, or

• Like, as

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why do writers use similes?

• To directly state facts

• To shorten their texts

• To make comparisons using 'like' or 'as'

• To confuse readers

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• Life is a roller coaster

• They were as busy as bees

• She is like a ray of sunshine

• He runs as fast as a cheetah

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does personification achieve in literature?

• It makes the text shorter

• It describes the weather

• It turns humans into objects

• It makes objects behave like humans

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the effect of using personification in writing?

• It makes the text longer

• It makes non-human things relatable

• It simplifies complex ideas

• It turns objects into animals

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an idiom?

• A literal expression

• A type of food

• A non-literal expression

• A scientific term

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What does the idiom 'It's raining cats and dogs' mean?

• Animals are falling from the sky

• It is raining very heavily

• Cats and dogs are fighting

• It is a sunny day

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of these is an example of hyperbole?

• He's a walking encyclopedia

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• She's as sweet as sugar

• It's raining cats and dogs

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is NOT a type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Explanation

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D