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Figurative Language

Authored by Ariel Whitaker

English

8th Grade

Figurative Language
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match each literary device with its correct definition.

Hyperbole

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Simile

Comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one thing, another. Saying one thing is something else.

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things

Metaphor

Describing something with exaggeration

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Fill in the blank: An oxymoron is a word or phrase in which contradictory or opposite terms are used together. An example of an oxymoron is act ______.

naturally

quickly

loudly

softly

3.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match each literary device to its correct example.

I've told you a million times!

simile

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

Personification

Her voice is music to my ears.

oxymoron

The wind whispered through the trees.

hyperbole

Deafening silence filled the room.

metaphor

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The west wind dances down the road is an example of (a)   .

oxymoron
Personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

Personification

simile

hyperbole

metaphor

oxymoron

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The band played to a small crowd at the concert.

Personification

oxymoron

simile

hyperbole

metaphor

7.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match each figure of speech with its correct example.

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

metaphor

I’ve told you a million times!

hyperbole

Time is a thief.

oxymoron

The wind whispered through the trees.

simile

Bittersweet victory.

Personification

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