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Figurative Language Review

Authored by Morgan Jackson

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 14+ times

Figurative Language Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This is the device to describe a comparison of two unlike things that don't use "like" or "as".

An example of this device would be → "Her hair is fire."

metaphor

simile

alliteration

personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This is the device to describe giving human traits or characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas.

An example of this device would be "The shooting star dashed across the night sky."

juxtaposition

simile

alliteration

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Read the quote below.

"I was so ashamed and embarrassed I could’ve died."

Which figurative language device is being used?

flashback

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Read the quote below.

"About a block away I saw a crowd of little kids yelling, with the dogs yipping and growling around someone who was walking down the middle of the street."

Which device is being used?

irony

anaphora

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which device means to hint at or give clues about what will happen later in the story?

flashback

foreshadow

onomatopoeia

anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The written conversation between two or more characters is called ___.

juxtaposition

flashback

theme

dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

7.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Organize the definitions into their correct figurative language term.

Groups:

(a) Simile

,

(b) Imagery

,

(c) Alliteration

,

(d) Irony

A contrast between what is expected, and what actually happens.

The repetition of the same consonant sound.

A comparison using "like" or "as".

Descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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