Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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Quiz

English

6th - 9th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
L.4.5, L.11-12.5A, L.6.5A

+15

Standards-aligned

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Peggy Marler

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

 “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!” is an example of what figurative language device? 

Hyperbole
Personification 
Simile 
Metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence? 

Alliteration 
Personification 
Hyperbole 
Metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"The tropical storm slept for days". This is an example of what figurative language device? 

Personification 
Simile 
Alliteration 
Hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?

Metaphor 
Simile 
Personification 
Hyperbole 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Let us go forth and lead the land we love." This is an example of what type of figurative language? 

Hyperbole 
Theme 
Alliteration 
Metaphor 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box." 
This is an example of a simile.

True 
False 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Snap, crackle, and pop are examples of this. 

Personification 
Hyberbole 
Onomatopeoia
Simlie 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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