Figurative Language
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English
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
Words that sound like their meaning
A comparison between two things not using like or as
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Alliteration is...
an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
a comparison using like or as
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Words that sound like their meaning
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An exaggerated statement is a...
Alliteration
Onomatopeia
Simile
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that does not use like, as, or than
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
A comparison that does use like, as, or than
words that sound like their meaning
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that sound like what they mean
an exaggerated statement
a comparison using like, as, or than
an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is an idiom?
An expression that is not meant to be taken literally.
a comparison of two things using like, as, or than
an exaggerated statement
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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