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Figurative Language

Authored by Catherine Wetmore

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence contains a simile?

Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.

Boyd had been awake for 500 hours.

Our mayor is no Abe Lincoln.

Farewell, my fair-haired friend.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Love is a thrill ride. This sentence uses _____.

juxtaposition

simile

metaphor

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This kid was a young Albert Einstein. This sentence uses _____.

onomatopoeia

assonance

metaphor

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nila briefly brushed the baby's hair. This sentence uses _____.

assonance

alliteration

onomatopoeia

juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence contains a pun?

The man zipped around the corner.

Reading on the beach can make you well red.

Her voice was the most beautiful music.

The stars winked at me that night.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is an example of assonance?

The truck was going a million miles an hour.

The toy boat whizzed past the dock.

The small boy grabbed Roy's toy.

Sheila pinches pennies like Scrooge.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?

pour

zap

reach

feel

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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