Figurative Language

Figurative Language

8th Grade

35 Qs

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Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Assessment

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English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5, L.4.5A, RL.6.3

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What figurative language is the sentence below?
She is as pretty as a flower. 

Simile 
Metaphor 
Alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

_____a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as 

Simile 
Metaphor 
Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to animals, plants, objects and ideas. 
Example: The moon followed me through the night. 

Poetry 
Simile 
Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Mrs. Woodrome whistles while she works well. 
This is figure of speech is _____ 

Rhyme 
Alphabet 
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

30 sec • 1 pt

I am so hungry I could eat a cow. 
This figure of speech is _____.

Hyperbole 
Simile 
Rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it..
Example: Crash! 

Alliteration 
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor 

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.8

TEKS.ELA.3.8

TEKS.ELA.4.8

TEKS.ELA.5.8

TEKS.ELA.6.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When I was at Six Flags, I waited in line for years.
What figurative speech is this? 

Metaphor 
Personification 
Hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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