Figurative Language Definitions

Figurative Language Definitions

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Figurative Language Definitions

Figurative Language Definitions

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.4.5, RI.8.4, L.6.6

+22

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

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

Media Image

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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