Review of Figurative Language

_______________ is the repetition of the same letter or letter sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following definitions best describes a hyperbole?

• An extreme, outrageous exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• Giving humans qualities to nonhuman objects

• The repetition of a letter sound

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

True or False: Personification is a type of figurative language that gives human qualities to nonhuman objects.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• An extreme, outrageous exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

• A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

True or False: A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf.

• Powerful pandas punch parrots.

• Crash! Wosh! Splash!

• The pencil danced across the table.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the following sentence: "The pencil danced across the paper." What type of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Read the following sentence: "Now kneel, noble knight, on your knobby knees."

What type of figurative language is being used?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the following sentence: "The boy was standing like a statue on the side of the street."

What type of figurative language is being used?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which of the following sentences is an example of a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a fresh flower.

• She is the prettiest woman in the whole world.

• She is a beautiful fresh flower.

• She is very pretty.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A