Figurative Language Practice
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6th Grade
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
5 mins • 5 pts
Match each figurative language term with its proper definition.
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration
Personification
A figure of speech that makes a DIRECT comparison between unlike two things (without using 'like' or 'as')
Idiom
Giving non-human objects human traits
Metaphor
Comparison of two unlike things that USES "Like" or "As"
Simile
A phrase that conveys a meaning different from the literal interpretation
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
2.
MATCH QUESTION
5 mins • 5 pts
Match each figurative language term with its definition.
Alliteration
A reference to a famous person, place, event, etc.
Allusion
When two opposite words are side by side and together make a new meaning.
Onomatopoeia
When two or more words begin with the same starting sound.
Pun
A play on words; meant to be a joke.
Oxymoron
Words that represent sounds.
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
5 mins • 1 pt
Determine which type of figurative language is used in the following example:
My teacher is a dragon.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Determine which type of figurative language is used in the following example:
I'm feeling under the weather today.
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Determine which type of figurative language is used in the following example:
The detention room was as welcoming as a prison cell.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Determine which type of figurative language is used in the following example:
Crispy, crunchy leaves crackled underfoot as we walked through the autumn forest.
Oxymoron
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
5 mins • 1 pt
Determine which type of figurative language is used in the following example:
Don't be a Grinch; come join the holiday fun!
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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