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SBA practise #2 [10/25-11/1]

Authored by Alicia Hartsell

English

8th Grade

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SBA practise #2 [10/25-11/1]
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

A comparison using "like" or "as"
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
An extreme exaggeration

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

What is the definition of hyperbole?

When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
When words sound like what they mean.
An extreme exaggeration 
A comparison 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of personification?

You are as a beautiful as a flower.
The trees danced in the wind.
I waited in line for 10 years!
He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why do people use figurative language?

To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
To be grammatically correct.
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

Boom!
No!
Yes!
Go!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which is an example of a simile?

His room was a hurricane of a mess.
His room looked as if a hurricane came  through.
A hurricane! AHHH!
The hurricane screamed through the town. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...

Metaphor 
Simile 
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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