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Figures of speech practice
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8th Grade
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse"
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Repetition
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"Do you want to be a failure for the rest of your life?"
Metaphor
Simile
Antithesis
Rhetorical question
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"Tom and John are as different as night and day"
Metaphor
Personification
Repetition
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"The bomb went off with a loud bang"
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"Nick needed new notebooks"
Repetition
Metaphor
Antithesis
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"Robert was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie"
Metaphor
Simile
Repetition
Antithesis
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech is the author using?
"The moon was playing hide and seek with the clouds"
Antithesis
Rhetorical question
Simile
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
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