Figurative Language Definitions

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
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Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The following sentences are an example of what type of figurative language?
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
The silky swans swam silently in the small, sparkly lake.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Personification
Idiom
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
1 min • 1 pt
The following sentences are an example of what type of figurative language?
The smell of vanilla and cinnamon filled the air as my mom took the cookies out of the oven.
I struck my hand into the water and pulled out shell. It was rough on the outside but smooth on the inside.
Imagery
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
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
1 min • 1 pt
What term goes with the definition?
Personification
Imagery
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a
saying, phrase, or
expression in a
culture that has a
figurative meaning
different from its
literal meaning.
idiom
allusion
onomatopoeia
symbolism
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a comparison of two things using “like” or
“as”
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
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
1 min • 1 pt
A direct comparison of two unlike things
onomatopoeia
simile
allusion
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An animal
given
human-like
qualities or an
object given
life-like
qualities
imagery
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
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