Figures of Speech
Authored by Ynah Adorna
English
8th - 9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The camel is the ship of the desert.
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
"You killed my family and I don't like that kind of thing," is an example of what figure of speech?
Understatement
Anaphora
irony
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
We use (figure of speech) to emphasize the importance or overstate something.
Onomatopoeia
irony
Hyperbole
Metonymy
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
"The bees buzzed around the garden" is an example of what figure of speech?
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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
20 sec • 1 pt
"My mother is like a star in the night sky"
Personification
Metonymy
Metaphor
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
"He is as brave as the lion" is an example of metaphor.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Hyperbole is composed of a pair of contradictory words.
True
False
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