Figurative Language Practice
Authored by Brian Baker
English
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Colin’s drinking straw bent like a tiny elbow, causing the last of the orange juice to gurgle as it slipped past.
The comparison of Collin’s drinking straw to an elbow is an example of
a simile
a metaphor
a hyperbole
an idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Arable’s desk is covered with about a million old papers and magazines.
The figure of speech in the above sentence is
a simile.
a hyperbole.
personification.
an idiom.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Falling snow slowly wrapped the whole neighborhood in a blanket of white.
This sentence contains an example of
a simile.
a metaphor.
an idiom.
personification.
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
It was so cold that if you spit, the slob would be an ice cube before it hit the ground. It was about a zillion degrees below zero. (The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis)
Which of the following phrases from the passage is a hyperbole?
a zillion degrees below zero
if you spit
hit the ground
It was so cold
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CCSS.L.11-12.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The wind was as loud as a freight train roaring past the windows.
Which phrase, if substituted for the underlined simile in the sentence, would change it to a metaphor?
quickly
a loud freight train
blowing like a freight train
like a monster
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Hazardous driving conditions threw cold water on our week-end plans.
Threw cold water on is
a simile
a metaphor
a hyperbole
an idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A pot of soup sat on the stove top bubbling and steaming __________.
Which of the following phrases can be placed in the blank above so that the sentence illustrates the use of a simile?
loudly
like a small volcano
out of the pot and down the sides
for several hours
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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