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Figurative Language- Personification, Simile and Metaphor

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3rd - 7th Grade

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Figurative Language- Personification, Simile and Metaphor
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Pick the word that best fits the simile: 
The children were as quiet as

frogs in the swamp
dogs chasing cats
a mouse
a lion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Identify the metaphor

My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
My heart is a muscle.
My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
My heart is like a muscle.

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

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

friends to peas
friends to pods
peas to pods
best to friends

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The baby was like an octopus, pulling all the socks off the rack at the store.
What is the meaning of the simile above?

The baby had 8 legs.
The baby lives in the sea.
The baby was pulling things off the rack so fast it seemed like it had many legs.
The baby was sleeping. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?

Clouds
Winked
Say
Moon

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?

Eating
Baking
Chewing
Making people guilty

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?

Eating
Baking
Chewing
Making people guilty

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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