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Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Assessment

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English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.3.5A, L.6.5A, L.4.5

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Vanessa Bernal

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10 Slides • 16 Questions

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Multiple Choice

Why do writers use figurative language in their writing?

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To make their writing more colorful and appealing to the senses

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To make their writing more confusing

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To provide only factual information

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To limit the imagination of the reader

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

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She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

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Boom!

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He is a shining star.

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These shoes take 50 million years to put on.

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Multiple Choice

What is the main characteristic of onomatopoeia?

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It uses the same letter or sound at the beginning of words.

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It forms words from sounds they are associated with.

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It compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?

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He is a shining star.

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Fast as the wind, quiet as a forest.

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Boom!

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Jumbo shrimp

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Multiple Choice

I have a million things to do today.
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Hyperbole
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Not a Hyperbole

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Multiple Choice

Which part of this sentence is exaggerated?

Mrs. Scheidt spends a thousand hours making awesome lesson plans for un.

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Mrs. Scheidt

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spends a thousand hours

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awesome lesson plans

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for us

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of oxymorons?

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Jumbo shrimp

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Awesome vacation

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Pickled peppers

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Multiple Choice

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Is this an oxymoron?
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Yes
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No

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes personification?

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Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

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Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

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Exaggerating for effect

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Multiple Choice

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The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked by after the storm.


What is being personified?

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bowed down

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greeted us

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the bushes

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after the storm

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Multiple Choice

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When Rosa walked through the store, each new pair of high heel shoes called out to her.


What is being personified?

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Rosa

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The store

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Called out to her

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The high heel shoes

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Multiple Choice

Irony usually involves something that is 
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false
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silly
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unexpected
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unimportant

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Multiple Choice

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A child runs away from someone throwing a water balloon at him and

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trips over a stick.

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falls into the dirt.

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falls into the pool.

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outruns said person.

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Open Ended

Why might a writer use figurative language?

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Multiple Choice

In what ways does figurative language enhance writing, according to the lesson?

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It makes writing more colorful and appealing to the senses.

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It makes writing more factual and straightforward.

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It limits the use of imagination in writing.

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It focuses only on grammar rules.

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