MCA Reading Test-Figurative Language

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English
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8th - 10th Grade
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Stephanie Drow
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20 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
Giving human characteristics to a non-living thing
Words that imitate sounds
A comparison using was or is
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What do we call words that imitate sounds? (like "bang", "zip", or "crash")
onomatopoeia
idiom
simile
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is alliteration?
comparing things using like or as
repeating the first sound many times in a sentence
an exaggeration
a phrase that doesn't mean what it says
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is a phrase that means something other than what is actually said (like couch potato)
idiom
onomatopoeia
personification
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is a hyperbole?
Something that does not mean what the words describe.
An exaggeration
A comparison using was or is
A word that describes a sound
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
simile or metaphor: "He is a night owl because he stays up late."
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The cupcake yelled, "Don't eat me!" as Mr. Carpenter sunk in his teeth.
simile
metaphor
personification
idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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