6th grade Figurative Language Test
Authored by Christine Baker
English
6th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz comprehensively covers figurative language for 6th grade English Language Arts students. The assessment evaluates students' mastery of core literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery, idioms, and allusions. Students must demonstrate both identification skills by recognizing examples of each device and analytical skills by interpreting the meaning and impact of figurative language in context. The questions progress from basic recognition tasks to more sophisticated analysis requiring students to understand how authors use these devices to create vivid descriptions, establish mood, and enhance meaning. Students need a solid foundation in comparative thinking to distinguish between similar devices like similes and metaphors, along with the ability to analyze how figurative language appeals to the five senses and creates mental imagery for readers. Created by Christine Baker, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 6. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes throughout a figurative language unit, functioning effectively as a summative test, review activity, or diagnostic tool to identify areas needing reinforcement. Teachers can use individual sections as warm-up activities focusing on specific devices, assign portions as homework practice, or implement it as formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to more advanced literary analysis. The quiz aligns perfectly with Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4, which requires students to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text including figurative and connotative meanings, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5, which focuses on understanding figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. The variety of question formats keeps students engaged while building the foundational skills necessary for more sophisticated literary analysis in higher grades.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which is an example of a simile?
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of personification?
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
4.
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.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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