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Figurative Language and Vocabulary In Context Quiz

Authored by Dan English

English

9th - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language and Vocabulary In Context Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why does a writer use figurative language?

to make his or her writing more evocative and visual; it brings to life words to form pictures
to complicate the life of the reader
to draw pictures for the reader to keep him or her entertained while reading
to help the writer stay focused while writing 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

His mind is a deep well of knowledge. 

simile
metaphor
personification 
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

"Giving inanimate objects human like qualities, emotions, or actions" is one definition of the following figurative language device: 

hyperbole
allusion 
personification 
imagery 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nature wears the lush beauty of summer proudly.

hyperbole

simile

personification

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Wake not, stubborn fear. You sleep outside the door of my heart and, though, I cannot see you, I hear your breaths like the heavy heaves and falls of a dragon breathing as it sleeps." The previous passage contains ALL the figurative language devices EXCEPT for which one?

simile

personification

metaphor

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The baby's shriek could lacerate (tear) a person's eardrums. 

hyperbole
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The cottony clouds billowed in the summer sky, a fluffy pattern to be admired by the soft hearts of youth. 

simile
metaphor
imagery 
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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