Figurative Language Definitions

Figurative Language Definitions

6th Grade

20 Qs

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Figurative Language Definitions

Figurative Language Definitions

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English

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5A, L.4.5, L.6.6

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like" 

hyperbole 
metaphor 
alliteration 
simile 

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

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison.  It often uses "is" in the comparison.

metaphor 
simile 
onomatopoeia
adverb

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

Repeating the same consonant at the beginning words or lines.  

rhyme 
alliteration 
assonance 
simile 

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

30 sec • 1 pt

Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal 

onomatopoeia 
sensory detail
hyperbole 
personification 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing. 

alliteration 
simile 
hyperbole 
onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_________ uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste

simile

tone

imagery

mood

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

An overstatement or exaggeration. It is used to show emphasis and can often be found within a simile or metaphor  

tone 
hyperbole 
alliteration 
rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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