Identifying Figures of Speech
Authored by Linda Rix
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
She was as happy as a clam.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
analogy
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"My mother's car slides forward through the sticky molasses of polluted air.
simile
metaphor
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
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
30 sec • 1 pt
"Perfected purple melts the winter. . ."
metaphor
idiom
assonance
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"My room
My personal disaster area
of piled clothing and blaring music
of comfortable chaos
oxymoron
simile
adage
pun
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I'm at the end of my rope.
metaphor
simile
personification
idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The clouds wept as we said farewell to our dog Sammy.
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
extended metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The mosquito buzzed around my head as I hiked in Fontenelle Forest.
oxymoron
cliche
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
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