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Figures of Speech

Authored by Maria D. Whitaker

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figures of Speech
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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There's a faucet in the basement
that dripped one drop all year
since he fixed it, we can't find it
without wearing scuba gear.

hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears

metaphor
simle
hyperbole
personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The road was a ribbon of moonlight in the night

personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I told the actors, "Go break a leg" before they went onstage.

metaphor
personification
idiom
allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

His sense of hearing was sharp. He heard all things in heaven and in the earth.

metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We need to weed the leafy garden.

simile
onomatopoeia
assonance
personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Bumbling Bob blew a chance at battling baseballs with Braves' players.

assonance
imagery
hyperbole
alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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