Figurative Language Practice

Figurative Language Practice

7th Grade

16 Qs

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Figurative Language Practice

Figurative Language Practice

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5A, L.6.5A, L.11-12.5A

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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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