Figurative Language Review

Figurative Language Review

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

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

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Standards-aligned

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Leneta Lawing-Jones

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".

What type of figurative language is this?

Metaphor

Alliteration

Simile

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is another.

What type of figurative language is this?

Simile

Idiom

Hyperbole

Metaphor

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

An exaggeration that can't possibly be true.

What type of figurative language is this?

Personification

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

What type of figurative language is this?

Allusion

Personification

Idiom

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound.

What type of figurative language is this?

Onomatopoeia

Allusion

Alliteration

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Words whose sounds suggest their meaning. Often called "sound words".

What type of figurative language is this?

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

using one thing (a symbol) to stand for or represent something else

Symbolism

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Hyperbole

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