Figurative Language HW
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English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of a simile?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of hyperbole?
symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts.
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of a metaphor?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of alliteration?
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of personification?
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of an idiom?
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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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