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Figurative Language Analysis

Authored by JOSHUA GOSLOWSKY

English

4th - 6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Analysis
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What does the following simile really mean: I am as hungry as a bear! 

The speaker has been eating all day. 
The speaker doesn't have to eat any time soon. 
The speaker is incredibly hungry.
The bear has eaten the speaker.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Personification is used in this sentence to communicate what meaning: The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

that the players are not in control
that the ball has legs
how uncoordinated the player is
that the ball had a mind of its own and bounced out of the player's hands

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Why does the writer use the following simile: Love gives me wings! 

To show that love turns them into a bird
To show that love makes them feel light 
To show that love is the same as Red Bull 
To show that love makes anything possible

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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What imapct does the following hyperbole have on the reader? I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

The reader understands how tired the speaker is
The reader understands how long the speaker is capable of sleeping 
The reader had a good idea that the speaker is lazy
The reader understands how little sleep teenagers get

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What is meant by the following metaphor / personification combo? The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest.

The snowballs were mutant and attacking the speaker
The snowballs were painful as they hit the speaker's chest 
The snowballs were being launched from guns
The speaker is in a snowball fight

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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The writer uses personificaiton in the following line to convey what meaning? The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

To show that the test taker was running out of time
To make the sentence more interesting
To make the reader think the setting is make believe
To express that the test is so stressful the person is hallucinating

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What message does this metaphor convey?

The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 
The baby never smiled. 
The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

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