HOMS Figurative Language
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the literary device (aka figurative language) underlined in the following sentence:
Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the literary device (aka figurative language) underlined in the following sentence:
The taxi door opened like a waiter's arm.
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
idiom
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
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the literary device (aka figurative language) underlined in the following sentence:
My papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.
idiom
metaphor
personification
sensory details
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the literary device (aka figurative language) underlined in the following sentence:
The boys and girls live in seperate worlds.
idiom
sensory details
alliteration
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the literary device (aka figurative language) underlined in the following sentence:
Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in.
hyperbole
sensory details
metaphor
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the literary device (aka figurative language) underlined in the following sentence:
"The mother's feet, plump and polite, descended like white pigeons from the sea of pillow, across the linoleum roses, down down the wooden stairs..."
idiom
alliteration
sensory details
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the literary device (aka figurative language) underlined in the following sentence:
Push, pull. Push, pull. POOF!
alliteration
metaphor
repetition
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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