Figurative Language Definitions + Examples

Quiz

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English

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9th - 12th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

L.4.5, L.4.5A, L.3.5A

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Standards-aligned

Kara Riojas

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What uses figures of speech to build meaning beyond the literal?

Figurative language

Literal Language

Confusing Language

Intelligent Language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an indirect comparison that typically uses like or as?
Example: She is as happy as a cat riding a unicorn through space.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a direct comparison between two objects or concepts?
Example: Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

Metaphor

Imagery

Alliteration

Simile

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 gives human traits to something that is not human?
Example: My alarm clock yells at me every morning to get out of bed!

Personification

Allusion

Metaphor

Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are words that resemble the sound they represent?
Example: The baseball whizzed past my ear straight into the catcher’s mitt for strike 3.

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Metaphor

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the repetition of the beginning consonant sound within a group of words?
Example: Kathy can’t cook chocolate chip cookies continuously, can she?

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Imagery

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

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the use of language that engages the 5 senses: Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, and Touch?
Example: The scruffy black cat’s back arches and hair stands straight up when it encounters the chocolate brown snarling dog whose teeth look like little knives covered in butter.

Imagery

Simile

Personification

Allusion

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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Figurative Language Definitions + Examples

20 questions

What uses figures of speech to build meaning beyond the literal?

What is an indirect comparison that typically uses like or as?
Example: She is as happy as a cat riding a unicorn through space.

What is a direct comparison between two objects or concepts?
Example: Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

What gives human traits to something that is not human?
Example: My alarm clock yells at me every morning to get out of bed!

What are words that resemble the sound they represent?
Example: The baseball whizzed past my ear straight into the catcher’s mitt for strike 3.

What is the repetition of the beginning consonant sound within a group of words?
Example: Kathy can’t cook chocolate chip cookies continuously, can she?

What is the use of language that engages the 5 senses: Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, and Touch?
Example: The scruffy black cat’s back arches and hair stands straight up when it encounters the chocolate brown snarling dog whose teeth look like little knives covered in butter.

What is an extreme exaggeration?
Example: Finally, on the millionth time he asked her out a date, she said yes!

What is the use of the same grammatical structure within and across lines and verses?
Example: Veni, Vedi, Vici! I came, I saw, I conquered!

What is the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events?
Example: clocks = the passing of time or time being lost

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20 questions

What uses figures of speech to build meaning beyond the literal?

What is an indirect comparison that typically uses like or as?Example: She is as happy as a cat riding a unicorn through space.

What is a direct comparison between two objects or concepts?Example: Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

What gives human traits to something that is not human?Example: My alarm clock yells at me every morning to get out of bed!

What are words that resemble the sound they represent?Example: The baseball whizzed past my ear straight into the catcher’s mitt for strike 3.

What is the repetition of the beginning consonant sound within a group of words?Example: Kathy can’t cook chocolate chip cookies continuously, can she?

What is the use of language that engages the 5 senses: Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, and Touch?Example: The scruffy black cat’s back arches and hair stands straight up when it encounters the chocolate brown snarling dog whose teeth look like little knives covered in butter.

What is an extreme exaggeration? Example: Finally, on the millionth time he asked her out a date, she said yes!

What is the use of the same grammatical structure within and across lines and verses?Example: Veni, Vedi, Vici! I came, I saw, I conquered!

What is the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events? Example: clocks = the passing of time or time being lost

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What is an indirect comparison that typically uses like or as?
Example: She is as happy as a cat riding a unicorn through space.

What is a direct comparison between two objects or concepts?
Example: Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

What gives human traits to something that is not human?
Example: My alarm clock yells at me every morning to get out of bed!

What are words that resemble the sound they represent?
Example: The baseball whizzed past my ear straight into the catcher’s mitt for strike 3.

What is the repetition of the beginning consonant sound within a group of words?
Example: Kathy can’t cook chocolate chip cookies continuously, can she?

What is the use of language that engages the 5 senses: Hearing, Sight, Taste, Smell, and Touch?
Example: The scruffy black cat’s back arches and hair stands straight up when it encounters the chocolate brown snarling dog whose teeth look like little knives covered in butter.

What is an extreme exaggeration?
Example: Finally, on the millionth time he asked her out a date, she said yes!

What is the use of the same grammatical structure within and across lines and verses?
Example: Veni, Vedi, Vici! I came, I saw, I conquered!

What is the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events?
Example: clocks = the passing of time or time being lost