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Authored by Abe camp

English

6th - 9th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Big as a elephant!

Simile

Metaphor

cliché

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The sun smiled as it rose over the clouds.

personification

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When the coach asked whether we wanted to try out the new trampoline, we jumped at the chance.

pun

verbal irony

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In May 2014, when wildfires threatened parts of San Diego County in California, firefighters worked around the clock in an effort to control the blaze.

verbal irony

idiom

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A Chicago winter separates the men from the boys, especially newcomers from milder climes. The temperature frequently plunges below zero.

idiom

metaphor

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Tristan's room is as tidy as an overgrown garden.

pun

onomatopoeia

verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Maggie's phone slipped out of her pocket, landing in the toilet with a plop.

onomatopoeia

simile

metaphor

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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