Figurative Language Review of Terms
Authored by Amy Legendre
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Alliteration
Repetition of the same consonant sounds of multiple words in sequence
Repeitition of the same vowel sounds of multiple words in sequence
reference to a well-known person, event, place, piece of literature, etc
Comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Analogy
Repetition of the same consonant sounds of multiple words in sequence
Repeitition of the same vowel sounds of multiple words in sequence
reference to a well-known person, event, place, piece of literature, etc
Comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.6.5B
CCSS.L.8.5B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Assonance
Repetition of the same consonant sounds of multiple words in sequence
Repeitition of the same vowel sounds of multiple words in sequence
reference to a well-known person, event, place, piece of literature, etc
Comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different
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
Allusion
Repetition of the same consonant sounds of multiple words in sequence
Repeitition of the same vowel sounds of multiple words in sequence
reference to a well-known person, event, place, piece of literature, etc
Comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cliche
An overused expression of an idea, which has lost its original meaning
an extreme exaggeration used for effect
an expression that can't be taken literally because it means something else
language used to create particular mental images by tapping into the reader's five senses
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Idiom
An overused expression of an idea, which has lost its original meaning
an extreme exaggeration used for effect
an expression that can't be taken literally because it means something else
language used to create particular mental images by tapping into the reader's five senses
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Hyperbole
An overused expression of an idea, which has lost its original meaning
an extreme exaggeration used for effect
an expression that can't be taken literally because it means something else
language used to create particular mental images by tapping into the reader's five senses
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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