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Figurative Devices
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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Jeremy Kinsey
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence has an example of an onomatopoeia?
The trees waved at the passing joggers.
You are being such a Grinch.
And boom goes the dynamite.
Devin's demands don't dictate the day's duties.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence is an example of an allusion?
You are being such a Grinch.
She is a ferocious lioness when it comes to her children.
The drawing is pretty ugly.
He brought a black rose to the funeral.
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence is an example of an oxymoron?
The ray of light appeared through the night sky.
I know that I know nothing
My piece of pizza is hotter than a thousand suns.
The drawing is pretty ugly.
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence is an example of juxtaposition?
Devin's demands don't dictate the day's duties.
The ray of light appeared through the night sky.
I know that I know nothing.
The trees waved at the passing joggers.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is an example of personification?
My piece of pizza is hotter than a thousand suns.
The drawing is pretty ugly.
He brought a black rose to the funeral.
The trees waved at the passing joggers.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence is an example of hyperbole?
My piece of pizza is hotter than a thousand suns.
The drawing is pretty ugly.
You are being such a Grinch.
She is a ferocious lioness when it comes to her children.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence is an example of a paradox?
The ray of light appeared through the night sky.
I know that I know nothing.
And boom goes the dynamite.
The trees waved at the passing joggers.
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