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Figurative Language Quiz

Authored by Anna Gray

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a SIMILE?

I love you to the moon and back.

The clouds waved goodbye.

You are a beast!

I love you like a fat kid loves cake.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the definition of a METAPHOR?

Making a comparison of 2 things that are the same.

Making a comparison without using "like" or "as."

Making a comparison using "like" or "as."

Writing that is symbolic of something else.

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

Which of the following is an example of a METAPHOR?

I was so hungry I could eat a horse.

You're a star in my eyes.

You're just like a star.

She dreamed of being an artist.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the definition of PERSONIFICATION?

Attributing human characteristics to the nonhuman.

Poems with human characters.

Attributing human characteristics to animals.

An exaggeration of the truth.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following DOES NOT include PERSONIFICATION?

The flame danced on the candlestick.

The wind whispered his name.

The horse was as fat as the wind.

The rain sought its revenge on the drought.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the definition for ONOMATOPOEIA?

An Italian sonnet

An example of hyperbole.

The expression that comes in the middle of a text.

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?

Cat/Bat

Buzz

Cool

Rain

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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