Figurative Language Review

What is a simile?

• A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word

• An exaggeration

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which is an example of a metaphor?

• She was as tall as a giraffe.

• The classroom is a zoo.

• Break a leg!

• Giver her a hand!

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

An idiom is...

• an expression that has a literal and figurative meaning.

• an expression that cannot be taken literally.

• a comparison of two objects or ideas.

• a complete exaggeration.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is an example of a hyperbole?

• She sings like an angel.

• He is as sweet as candy.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Call it a day and go home.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the difference between connotative and figurative language?

• Connotative is emotional while figurative is a comparison.

• Connotative is a comparison while figurative is emotional.

• Connotative is the literal definition while figurative is not literal.

• Connotative is not literal while figurative is the literal definition.

What is an oxymoron?

• A phrase with two meanings.

• A phrase meant to be a joke.

• A phrase with two words that contradict each other.

• A phrase that cannot be taken literally.

What is the difference between assonance and alliteration?

• Alliteration compares sounds while Assonance repeats them.

• There is no difference.

• Assonance repeats the beginning sound of a word, alliteration repeats the vowels in the middle of a word.

• Assonance repeats the vowels in the middle of a word, alliteration repeats the beginning sound of a word.

Personification is...

• Giving humans object like qualities.

• Giving humans animal like qualities.

• Giving objects human like qualities.

• Giving objects and/or animals human like qualities.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The wicked witch of the west" is an example of...

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Allusion

What is irony?

• A phrase where the intended meaning of words is different than their actual meaning.

• A phrase where the words are meant to be taken literally.

• A phrase that does not convey an emotion.

• A phrase that calls upon an emotional response.