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FAST - Figurative Language

Authored by Rhiannon Leuszler

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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FAST - Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables called?

Allusion

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Metaphor

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 figurative language involves a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?

Idiom

Allusion

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally?

Hyperbole

Personification

Imagery

Meiosis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term describes writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses?

Metaphor

Imagery

Simile

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 the presentation of a thing with underemphasis especially in order to achieve a greater effect called?

Hyperbole

Meiosis

Allusion

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figurative language uses a word or phrase for one thing to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar?

Simile

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the forming of a word in imitation of a natural sound called?

Alliteration

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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