Exploring Figurative Language Through Rap

What is the term for the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words?

• Assonance

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What literary device involves the repetition of vowel sounds?

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device compares two unrelated things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the term for a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device gives human characteristics to non-human things?

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the term for words that imitate natural sounds?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device involves extreme exaggeration?

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the main purpose of using hyperbole in literature?

• To mimic sounds

• To create a rhyme

• To provide a direct comparison

• To exaggerate for emphasis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A