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Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie Figurative Language

Authored by Angela Cina

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 81+ times

Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Having any brother would be horrible, I suppose, but having my particular brother, Jeffrey, is an unrelenting nightmare. (4)

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"...the notes just seemed to shimmer in the air like floating fire..." Biff's guitar solo was perfect.

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"... I had probably gone four months without eating a single vegetable."

metaphor

simile

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"Soon, the racoon people would find each other and breed... Gangs of them would haunt the malls, buying up all the black-and-gray-striped sportswear." Steven telling Jeffrey not to worry about his black eye.

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

I have mouse-brown cowlick-y hair, glasses that are about an inch thick and braces that look like I tried to swallow a train wreck. (4)

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

And that's the problem: The kid follows me around like I'm Elvis or something. (4)

simile

personification

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

On that tragic day, I came home, said hi to Mom, glugged down some milk, and headed down to the basement to practice. (5)

simile

personification

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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