Chasing Lincoln's Killer Figurative Language Quiz

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English
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5th - 8th Grade
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Lana Jones
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Leale pressed Lincoln's chest and ordered 2 men to manipulate Lincoln's arms like levers on a water pump" Swanson 68).
personification
imagery
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Whoever told Booth about the President's plan to attend the play that night had unknowingly activated in his mind an imaginary clock that began ticking down, minute by minute" (Swanson 13).
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
".... Exhausted the two men unrolled their blankets on the damp earth, laid down, and gazed up at the immense black sky decorated by the countless points of twinkling lights" Swanson 118).
metaphor
personification
imagery
Onomatopoeia
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 • 1 pt
"Clouds threatened another rainstorm" (Swanson 2).
simile
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"The Union Army had never caught him in action - he was a river ghost to the boys in blue uniforms" (Swanson 118).
imagery
simile
idiom
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"... ugly grey sky of March 4, 1865 threatened to spoil the great day" (Swanson 1)
simile
personification
Idiom
imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"The river would protect Booth from the angry citizens of Washington" (Swanson 90).
personification
simile
alliteration
imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
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