Figurative Language and Sound Device Practice

Inference: Why does the orange not have a partner at the annual rhyme dance?

• The orange does not have a partner because no one likes him.

• The orange does not have a partner because the cat and hat, the wall and ball, and the log and dog are all good buddies.

• The orange does not have a partner because nothing rhymes with orange, and it is a rhyme dance.

• None of the answers are correct.

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Which line of the poem below is an example of a simile?

Lost is a puzzle

of screaming stars.

Fear is a blackness

that smothers.

Hope is like a dream

that is never lost.

• Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars.

• Fear is a blackness that smothers.

• Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

• All of the answers are correct.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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Which line of the poem below is an example of metaphor and personification?

Lost is a puzzle

of screaming stars.

Fear is a blackness

that smothers.

Hope is like a dream

that is never lost.

• Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars.

• Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars AND fear is a blackness that smothers.

• Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

• Hope is like a dream that is never lost AND fear is a blackness that smothers.

• None of the answers are correct.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

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Which line of the poem above is an example of simile and hyperbole?

Lost is a puzzle

of screaming stars.

Fear is a blackness

that smothers.

Hope is like a dream

that is never lost.

• Lost is a puzzle of screaming stars.

• Hope is like a dream that is never lost.

• Fear is a blackness that smothers.

• all of the answers are incorrect

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence below is an example of alliteration?

• Seth really likes to ride the sagacious yet speedy sheep named Slick Shady.

• Seth really, really likes to go for rides.

• The tenacious boy rode the sheep every day.

• None of the answers are correct.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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What is the definition for simile?

• compares two different things using like or as

• compares two different things without using like or as

• giving the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea

• exaggerating for effect

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

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What is the definition for hyperbole?

• compares two different things using like or as

• compares two different things without using like or as

• giving the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea

• exaggerating for effect

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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What is the definition for personification?

• compares two different things using like or as

• compares two different things without using like or as

• giving the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea

• exaggerating for effect

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition for metaphor?

• compares two different things using like or as

• compares two different things without using like or as

• giving the qualities of a person to an animal, object, or idea

• exaggerating for effect

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

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What is the definition for alliteration?

• a word that imitates a sound

• repetition of a consonant letter two or more times

• repeated use of a word or phrase

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CCSS.RL.7.4