
Writing Tricks
Authored by Tara Nelson
English
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object with another to suggest they are alike or similar.
metaphor
simile
personification
appositive
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
He was busy as a bee.
personification
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Compares two things that are not related to each other.
simile
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
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
Her eyes were jewels, sparkling in the sun.
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Giving human characteristics to animals or objects.
appositive
hyperbole
idiom
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The flowers danced in the breeze.
alliteration
idiom
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A huge exaggeration, often humorous.
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
coordinate adectives
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
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