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Figurative Language

Authored by Alejandra Bernal

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is figurative language?

A way of communicating that does not use words in their literal meaning

A way of communicating that uses different languages

A way of communicating that is difficult to understand

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do writers use figurative language?

To get their work published

To make their writing more descriptive and interesting

To challenge the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as”

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Comparing two things by saying one IS the other. Does NOT use “like” or “as”

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An extreme exaggeration

Idiom

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Giving an inanimate object human-like characteristics

Idiom

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A common expression that means something else besides its literal phrasing

Idiom

Personification

Alliteration

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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