Figurative Language Review Game
Authored by Andrea Imhoff
English
4th - 6th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on figurative language identification, covering the major types of literary devices that upper elementary and middle school students encounter in their reading and writing. Appropriate for grades 4-6, the assessment requires students to distinguish between simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, and idioms by analyzing authentic literary examples and common expressions. Students must demonstrate their understanding of how authors use comparisons (both direct metaphors and similes using "like" or "as"), give human characteristics to non-human things through personification, create emphasis through exaggeration in hyperbole, and recognize idiomatic expressions that have meanings beyond their literal words. The quiz includes excerpts from respected children's authors like E.L. Konigsburg and classic references to Shakespeare, exposing students to quality literature while testing their analytical skills. Success on this assessment requires students to move beyond simple memorization of definitions to actively recognize these devices in context and understand their literary effects. Created by Andrea Imhoff, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 4-6. This review game serves multiple instructional purposes throughout the figurative language unit, working effectively as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, a formative assessment to gauge student understanding mid-lesson, or a review tool before summative testing. Teachers can use this quiz for independent practice, allowing students to self-assess their mastery of literary device identification, or as homework to reinforce classroom instruction. The format works particularly well for interactive classroom games, where students can discuss their reasoning and learn from peer explanations. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A, which require students to explain the meaning of figurative language including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification in context, building the foundation for more sophisticated literary analysis in higher grades.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“Their stomachs felt like tubes of toothpaste that had been all squeezed out.”
~E.L. Konigsburg
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“Some of them will drift away and figure out a game to play, like shaping shadows on the wall, or wingtip tag around the hall.”
~Brian Lies
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
John is a real pig when he eats.
Alliteration
Personification
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The wind stood up and gave a shout.
Idiom
Simile
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Oreo: Milk's Favorite Cookie
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“All the world’s a stage…”
~William Shakespeare
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ideas drift like clouds in an undecided breeze.
~E.L. Konigsburg
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
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