Figurative and Connotative Meanings
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7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Decide which phrase has a negative connotative and which has a positive connotation.
She smirked at me VS. She smiled at me
Negative, Positive
Positive, Negative
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.L.7.5C
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is figurative language?
The literal, dictionary definition of a word or phrase
When a word has an emotion associated with it
Using words or phrases that do not have their every day, literal meaning
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is personification?
Comparing two things, using like or as
Extreme exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing
A word associated with the sound it makes
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is hyperbole?
Using extreme exaggeration to get your point across
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
A literal meaning of a word
Similar sounds at the beginning of words
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
Using extreme exaggeration
Comparing two things, using like or as
Comparing two things, NOT using like or as
A positive meaning for a word
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is an idiom?
The dictionary definition of a word
The literal meaning of a word
Rhyming words
A common phrase that represents a non-literal meaning
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
While I was walking on the street, the car zoomed passed me. What type of figurative language does this sentence represent?
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Simile
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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