Figurative Language
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8th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are compared with one another with the use of “like” or “as
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two dissimilar things without the express use of “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human
Idiom
Understatement
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A boldly overstated or exaggerated claim or statement that adds emphasis without the intention of being literally true
Allusion
Understatement
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A figure of speech employed by writers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is
Understatement
Imagery
Simile
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar
Hyperbole
Idiom
Allusion
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The use of language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader
Imagery
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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