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Figurative Language Definitions and Examples

Authored by Joazee Jarvis

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Definitions and Examples
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: A comparison between two things USING "like" or "as"

Personification

Simile

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Cannot possibly be true most times

Idiom

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence

Idiom

Alliteration

Simile

Hyperbole

Metaphor

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

Definition: A comparison between two things

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Simile

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: When human qualities are given to non-human things

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Alliteration

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Alliteration

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Definition: Word combinations/ phrases that have a different meaning than the literal meaning of each word

Idiom

Metaphor

Alliteration

Personification

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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