Figurative Language Terms Practice

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English
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6th Grade
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Victoria Pendergrass
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words called?
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
Oxymoron
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
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech involves an exaggerated statement?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term describes a word that imitates or resembles the sound it describes?
Idiom
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a phrase or expression whose meaning does not match the literal definitions of the individual words?
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words to create internal rhyming or rhythm?
Alliteration
Assonance
Oxymoron
Metaphor
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
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech directly compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another?
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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