Figurative Language Definitions and Examples
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9th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. It is used to reinforce the meanings of words or to set the mood.
irony
alliteration
assonance
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
imagery
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A figure of speech that uses incredible exaggeration, or overstatement, for effect.
simile
hyperbole
oxymoron
tone
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The feeling created in the reader by the poem or story.
tone
mood
personification
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.3.3A
CCSS.L.4.3A
CCSS.L.5.3A
CCSS.L.6.3A
CCSS.L.6.3B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters, or the audience.
allusion
imagery
mood
tone
Tags
CCSS.L.3.3A
CCSS.L.4.3A
CCSS.L.5.3A
CCSS.L.6.3A
CCSS.L.6.3B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
alliteration
assonance
allusion
simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or some other branch of culture.
simile
allusion
irony
oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
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