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Figurative Language and Connotation
Figurative Language and Connotation
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1
Which of the following is an example of a personification?
The tree is huge.
The wind is blowing faster than ever.
The trees whispered in the wind.
The wind is as strong as an ox.
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Does the following word have a positive or negative connotation: special
Negative
Positive
3
What is connotative meaning?
Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object
The feeling suggested by a word or phrase
A comparison using like or as
A comparison that doesn't use like or as
4
Does the following word have a positive or negative connotation: prejudice
Positive
Negative
5
Which of the following words has a positive connotation?
Amazing
Opposing
Curious
Neutral
6
Does the following word have a positive or negative connotation: fortunate
Negative
Positive
7
What is NOT one of the reasons an author uses figurative language?
To make text more confusing
To entice emotion in the reader
To paint a mental picture for the reader
To make writing more memorable
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What is an alliteration?
the ending sound of a word repeated
the beginning sound of a word repeated
when words are repeated
words that sound like the sound they make
9
Which of the following is an alliteration?
She slipped sideways.
The fat cat sat in the hat.
He sang, and sang, and sang.
Forever and ever and ever.
10
Figurative language that uses an extreme exaggeration is known as what?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
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Which of the following is an example of an hyperbole?
You're talking as fast as a cheetah.
I asked you three times to stop talking.
You are talking too much.
I've asked you a million times to stop drawing on your desk.
12
Figurative language that compares two things without using like or as is known as what?
Similes
Connotation
Metaphor
Personification
13
Figurative language that gives human qualities to a nonhuman object is known as what?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
14
Figurative language that compares two things using like or as is know as what?
Connotation
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
15
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
The girl is a cheetah.
The girl is the fastest human to ever live.
The girl is as fast as a cheetah.
The girl runs away from the rest of the crowd.
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Which of the following is an example of a simile?
She was as tall as a giraffe.
The giraffe danced around the girl.
The girl was tall.
The tall girl was a giraffe.
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Which of the following words has a negative connotation?
Deplorable
Relaxing
Reusable
Interesting
