Figures of Speech

Figures of Speech

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Figures of Speech

Figures of Speech

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5A, L.4.5, L.11-12.5A

+12

Standards-aligned

Created by

Rachel Welsh

Used 322+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

She is a shining star.

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

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

He floated like a boat in the water.

Personification

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

The leaves danced in the wind.

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Their house was dirtier than a pig's pen.

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

It was raining cats and dogs outside.

Personification

Idiom

Metaphor

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tom was a tornado moving through the classroom.

Personification

Idiom

Metaphor

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.

Personification

Alliteration

Simile

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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