Vocabulary Quiz

What type of figurative language is this?

His heavy heart hammered as he hurried down the stairs.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

What kind of figurative language is this?

His heart is a block of ice.

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is this?

The alarm clock screamed at me until I hit snooze.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Simile

What kind of figurative language is this?

When I had to present my paper, I had butterflies in my stomach.

• Allusion

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

What type of figurative language is this?

He moves as slowly as a sloth.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Idiom

What kind of figurative language is this?

He is such a Scrooge and never wants to spend money on anything.

• Allusion

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language is this?

Driving to Florida took FOREVER!

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

What kind of figurative language is this?

SPLASH went the water all over the floor when I tripped.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

How could you rewrite this EOG question?

In the selection, how do the boy's actions contribute to the theme?

• In the selection, how do the boy's actions conflict the main idea?

• In the selection, how do the boy's actions add to the plot?

• In the selection, how do the boy's actions add to the lesson?

How could you rewrite this EOG question?

Which claim made by the author is supported by evidence in the text?

• Which statement of truth made by the author can be proved with details from the text?

• Which opinion of the author can be proved with details from the text?

• Which statement of truth made by the author can be proved wrong with details from the text?