Pre-Assessment: Figurative Language

Which of the following is an ONOMATOPOEIA?

• When we awoke, a storm greeted us.
• The thunder sounded like a freight train barreling toward us.
• Thunder boomed all around us.
• It's raining cats and dogs outside.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of the following is an example of ALLITERATION?

• The flowers in the garden beckoned me.
• My grandma has a green thumb.
• Ryan gives Rachel red roses regularly.
• The garden is a rainbow of colors.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

• My brother is a library of information.
• It's time to hit the books.
• The book is begging me to pick it up and start reading it.
• Ben likes books about baseball.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is a HYPERBOLE?

• Dad sounds like a saw when he sleeps.
• He's been sleeping forever.
• Bill got up on the wrong side of the bed today.
• The bed is calling my name.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following is an IDIOM?

• Hold your horses.
• He is a racehorse when he runs.
• Clip-clop. Sam rode her horse along the path.
• Gabby treats her horse like a princess.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

^{The sentence below is an example of:}
"My parents are going to kill me when they see my report card!"

• metaphor
• idiom
• hyperbole
• personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

^{The sentence below is an example of:}
The thirsty tomato plant gulped up the rainwater.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

^{The sentence below is an example of:}
"You should see her jump. She is a kangaroo."

• simile
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

^{The sentence below is an example of:}
"Don't let the cat out of the bag."

• metaphor
• idiom
• simile
• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

^{The sentence below is an example of:}
"The racecar zoomed around the track."

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4