
Halloween Figurative Language
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7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Jason was a hungry goblin wolfing down a handful of miniature candy bars.
The figure of speech in this sentence is...
a simile
a metaphor
a hyperbole
an idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tattered curtains hanging in the windows waved to groups of trick-or-treaters who scurried by.
What figure of speech is present in this sentence?
a simile
a metaphor
personification
a hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Shadows from the tree's limbs reached out like an octopus and grabbed at the sidewalk.
The simile in this sentence compares
shadows to octopus arms
a tree to a shadow
a tree to an octopus
an octopus to a sidewalk
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The sudden chill in the air took my breath away.
The idiom in this sentence is
sudden chill
in the air
the air took
took my breath away
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One corner of our back yard is buried under a million leaves that have blown into a drift against the fence.
This sentence illustrates the use of
a simile
a metaphor
an idiom
a hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Dad is a library of information about all the natural phenomena behind seasonal changes.
The metaphor in the above sentence indicates that Dad
Talks about the weather a lot
knows a lot about the weather
has a job that involves the weather
is a teacher
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lonnie howled like a coyote when her brother scored the winning touchdown.
What two things are compared in this sentence’s simile?
the touchdown and Lonnie’s brother
a score and a coyote
the sound that Lonnie made to a coyote’s howl
Lonnie’s excitement to winning.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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