City of Ember Figurative Language
Authored by Linda Paule
English
6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Rats the size of houses" is an example of a(n)
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
(choose 2 answers) "Darkness slammed up in front of her like a wall." This is
personification
a metaphor
a simile
an idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of personification?
But the darkness pressed against her and she couldn't summon her voice.
She wanted to claw the darkness away from her eyes, as if it were someone's hands.
She began to tremble, and she felt the sinking and dissolving inside her that meant she was going to cry.
Her legs gave way like wet paper and she slid down until she was sitting on the street, with her head on her knees.
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
His voice came through the megaphone both blurry and crackly.
metaphor
onomatopoeia
idiom
simile
personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"He's as mild as a glass of water" is an example of
a metaphor
a simile
personification
an adage
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"There were many little pieces and one big piece with so many holes that it was like lace." What two things are being compared?
little pieces of paper and lace
paper with holes and lace
Poppy's clothing and lace
little pieces of paper and big pieces of paper
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a simile?
It was not like anything Lina had ever seen.
Her heart began knocking at her chest like a fist at a door.
They were so light that a breath could scatter them.
She would know about things like official documents.
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
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