Figurative Language

Figurative Language

8th Grade

38 Qs

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Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

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

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Christine Gross

Used 2+ times

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38 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

“Tick, tock.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

onomatopoeia

simile

metaphor

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

hyperbole

allusion

personification

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

”Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary,” - Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

metaphor

alliteration

onomatopoeia

allusion

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

“Conscience is a man’s compass.” - Vincent Van Gogh

simile

alliteration

metaphor

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile
Comparing two things without  using  like and as
Comparing two things in a text
Comparing two things using  like and as
None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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