FIGURES OF SPEECH GRADE 6
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English
6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. Which of these sentences contains a metaphor?
The candles screamed with fury.
Some people soak up information like sponges.
My father is a fountain of information on sports.
Purple penguins prefer pink pickles.
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
1. What figure of speech is illustrated in the poem below?
Candles
The candles screamed with fury
Her tears trickled down her face.
With figure slumped,
She slowly dwindled into shadows.
Simile
Hyperbole
personification
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“Whoosh, whoosh” of the howling wind can be heard in darkness is example of:
Irony
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT a metaphor?
The smoke was cotton balls billowing from the chimney.
The stage was a canvass upon which the play was painted.
The sun was a furnace.
Don ate his salad like a vacuum cleaner.
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
I am starving. I could eat a whole cow.
What figure of speech is being shown in the above statement?
Irony
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The situation outside gets pretty ugly. You should stay at home.
This statement is an example of ________
Oxymoron
Irony
Personification
Hyperole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair.
The underlined phrases show________.
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
Personification
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CCSS.L.6.5A
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