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Figurative Language Terms

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

5th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

Figurative Language Terms
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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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