Figurative Language Terms
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5th - 11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
Words that sound like their meaning
A comparison between two things not using like or as
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1G
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Alliteration is...
an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
a comparison using like or as
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Words that sound like their meaning
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is hyperbole?
repetition of consonant sounds
giving non-human things human qualities
a comparison of two unlike things
An exaggerated statement
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that does not use like, as, or than
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
A comparison that does use like, as, or than
words that sound like their meaning
Tags
CCSS.L.4.1C
CCSS.L.9-10.1B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that sound like what they mean
an exaggerated statement
a comparison using like, as, or than
an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)
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
3 mins • 1 pt
What is personification?
Comparing two unlike things
Exaggeration for comic effect
Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...
repetition of consonat sounds
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is an idiom?
a commonly used saying whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words
words that sound like the things they describe eg 'splash'
two words that have opposite or very different meanings
comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
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