Figurative Language
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English
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6th Grade
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Ivanna Arnold
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Multiple Choice
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Only similes compare two unlike things.
Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison
Similes are literal statements
Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not
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Types of Figurative Language
Imagery (Sensory Language)
Simile (Comparing using LIKE or AS)
Metaphor (Comparing directly)
Alliteration (Same Sound)
Personification (Giving human characteristics to non-human things)
Onomatopoeia (Sound effects)
Hyperbole (Exaggerating)
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Multiple Choice
Which phrase is using sensory language?
I like eating pizza
The crispy brown cookie smelled like chocolate.
Oranges are my favorite fruit.
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Multiple Choice
Which sound device is being used in this line?
Softly and slowly the snowflakes fell
Metaphor
Rhyme
Alliteration
Idiom
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Multiple Choice
Which figurative device is being used in this line? The salmon we caught was bigger than the boat!
Idiom
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
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Multiple Choice
Which figurative device is being used in this line? The old tree stretched his long and gangly fingers towards the sky.
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
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Multiple Choice
Which term fits the following definition? The act of giving human qualities, emotions, or body parts to an inanimate object.
Rhyme
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
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Multiple Choice
Which term fits the following definition? A word that sounds like the thing it describes.
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Rhyme
Alliteration
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Multiple Choice
Which device is being used in the following sentence? The cat meowed at the chirping birds.
Simile
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
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Multiple Choice
Buzz, hiss, roar, and woof are all examples of -
symbols
consonance
onomatopoeia
refrain
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Multiple Choice
"The comedian is seriously funny." is an example of -
a cliche
an oxymoron
a metaphor
an idiom
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Multiple Choice
"He sneezed in the breeze on his feet." is what type of sound device?
alliteration
assonance
oxymoron
repetition
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Multiple Select
What figurative language devices are used in the following quote from "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury?
"The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big small, servicing, attending, in choirs" (para. 13).
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
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Multiple Choice
What is hyperbole?
A comparison of two unrelated things that uses like or as.
A comparison of two unrelated things that DOES NOT use like or as.
Giving human/lifelike characteristics to something that is not human and/or alive.
An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of METAPHOR?
The soldier was as brave as a lion.
Her voice is music to my ears.
Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.
Your suitcase weighs a ton!
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of PERSONIFICATION?
The soldier was as brave as a lion.
Her voice is music to my ears.
Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas.
Your suitcase weighs a ton!
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?
The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.
The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Only similes compare two unlike things.
Only metaphors use like or as in the comparison
Similes are literal statements
Similes use like or as, while metaphors do not
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