Figurative Language Practice
Authored by Kim Stanley
English
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.
“The tree branches grabbed me as I walked quickly through the woods.”
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.
“Gabriella is a princess when she wears her pretty, white dress.”
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which sentence contains a simile?
Rachel smiled like a Cheshire Cat.
Boyd was awake for a thousand hours.
Our mayor was no Abe Lincoln.
Farewell, my fair-haired friend.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why does the author use figurative language in this sentence?
”John was like a cheetah as he ran around the track.”
To show how much John liked running
To show how much John liked Cheetahs
To describe the track
To describe John’s speed
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
“Our History teacher assigned a million pages of homework to read last night.“
Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
“Life is a highway. “
This sentence uses____________.
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Read the passage from the Shel Silverstein poem “Sick”. Then identify the HYPERBOLE.
”I cannot go to school today”
Said little Peggy Ann McKay
”I have the measles and the mumps,
A gnash, a rash and purple bumps.”
“My mouth is wet. My throat is dry.
I’m going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks.
I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox. “
“I cannot go to school today.”
“My mouth is wet.”
“My throat is dry.”
“I’m going blind in my right eye.”
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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