
Figurative Language Pretest
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which is an example of a simile?
His room was a hurricane of a mess.
His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
A hurricane! AHHH!
The hurricane screamed through the town.
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
An extreme exaggeration
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of personification?
You are as beautiful as a flower.
The trees danced and swayed in the wind.
I waited in line for 10 years!
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
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CCSS.L.6.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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.
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is personification?
The same beginning sound repeated in a line.
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
A word that is a sound.
An extreme exaggeration.
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CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration.
A comparison using "like" or "as".
Repetition of the beginning consonant sounds.
None of the above
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CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of an alliteration?
The vase flew off of the shelf.
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
The plant liked to fly.
I like to eat pie.
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CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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