"Lonnie is only a shadow of the person he once was. To see him today and know him in high school would break your heart." The metaphor comparing who Lonnie is today to a shadow is intended to show what?

Lonnie has changed in a negative way and has lost much of who he once was.

Lonnie has lost a lot of weight and is unrecognizable.

Lonnie has dark, hidden motives.

Lonnie cannot be recognized by anyone anymore.

"Like the roots of an old oak tree, my family roots run deep in this town" is a simile that most likely means what?

The narrator's family has been residing in the town for a long time.

The narrator's family is stuck in a town that it can't leave.

The narrator's family kills the life of the town like a huge tree that blocks sunlight to surrounding weeds.

The family is being compared to a tree to show how tough it is.

Pick the figurative language device that best accompanies the picture above.

Tim's anger erupted like a volcano.

The thoughts in my head are trapped like a mouse in a cage.

The crazy man yelled a thousand obscenities.

The man's hair stood on his head like rows of corn.

Janie declared, "I don't want to marry no old Logan Killicks; why, he ain't nothin' but a skull head in a graveyard!" The quote above contains a metaphor that means what?

It's comparing how old Logan Kilicks looks to a skeleton in a graveyard, meaning he's thin and fragile, implying he is unattractive.

It's comparing marriage to a graveyard, meaning it's not a place one would want to be.

It's comparing Logan Killicks to death, meaning that marrying him would be a sort of death for Janie.

It's comparing Janie to a judge, meaning that she passes judgement too quickly.

"My hunger pains gnawed at my stomach with demanding claws ." The word "gnawed" and the phrase "with demanding claws" do what to the hunger pains?

hyperbolize them as being unbearable

As the front doors opened, the rowdy melee of people clustered like a large pod of grapes outside the doors of Macy's on Black Friday made the store manager nervous as they began elbowing each other for better positioning. Using context clues, what does the word "melee" most likely mean?

a confused, disorderly mass of people

a lively, energetic mass of people

Jake's ludicrous remarks about there being aliens from the Adromeda galaxy walking among us drew some perplexed glances from his classmates and some disapproving ones. What does the word ludicrous mean based on the context clues in the sentence?

preposterous; ridiculous; outrageous

worrisome; bothersome; troubling

Figurative language creates imagery, which is____

images/pictures/figures/visuals the reader sees vividly when reading

a main conflict that occurs to begin the narrative

a change of heart the dynamic character undergoes

a resolution that solves the problem created by a conflict

Figurative Language and Vocabulary In Context Quiz

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9th - 10th Grade

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CCSS

W.11-12.2D, L.11-12.5A, L.4.5

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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.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Figurative Language and Vocabulary In Context Quiz

41 questions

Why does a writer use figurative language?

His mind is a deep well of knowledge.

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

Nature wears the lush beauty of summer proudly.

"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?

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

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

"A comparison of two unalike things using like or as to make the comparison" is a definition of which of the following figurative language devices:

"A comparison of two unalike things WITHOUT using like or as to make the comparison" is the definition of which figurative language term?

His broken heart shattered into a thousand pieces.

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