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Figurative Language and Literary Devices

English

9th - 10th Grade

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Figurative Language and Literary Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?

Take-off!
Pow!
Blast!
Fly

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Media Image

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

She is as pretty as a flower.
She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
She is a beautiful flower.
She is very pretty.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeic word.
Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.

pots
clanging
dishes
awoke

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Her new car cost an arm and a leg. 

personification
metaphor
idiom
alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

Her hair is red.
She talks really loudly.
She gets really angry. 
She spits when she talks. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Media Image

The car is a dinosaur, so we better buy a new one.
What is the meaning of the metaphor highlighted green? 

The car is very old.
The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
The car is very new.
The car makes rude noises.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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