Blackwater Figurative Language
Authored by William Cundiff
English
5th - 9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"...he'd handed me the phone about a year too late."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"The old Blackwater run real fierce out there. Dad says it's mad because we tamed it."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"A plastic bag filled with light and air came cruising down the river like a fat, fake, billowy jellyfish."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"Pauline was the wishbone out of the Thanksgiving turkey."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"I swung around and saw the two dark heads, round as soccer balls bobbing close to the other bank."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"I plowed into the water, feeling it yank at my legs, greedy to pull me down."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 5 pts
"I lay there, gasping like a beached fish..."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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