Figurative language

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English

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8th - 10th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.8.4, L.8.5A, RI.8.4

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Shannon Turick

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 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.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

Boom!

No!

Yes!

Go!

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the definition of hyperbole?

When a group of of words all start with the same sound.

When words sound like what they mean.

An extreme exaggeration

A comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of personification?

You are as a beautiful as a flower.

The trees danced in the wind.

I waited in line for 10 years!

He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

simile

alliteration

metaphor

onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

personification

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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