Figurative Language Quiz
Authored by Farah Attia
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a simile?
comparing two things without using like or as
comparing two things using like or as
an exaggeration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a metaphor?
comparing two things without using like or as
comparing two things using like or as
an exaggeration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is an oxymoron?
comparing two things using like or as
an exaggeration
when words or a phrase contradict each other; ex. 'less is more'
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is an onomatopoeia?
when words or a phrase contradict each other; ex. 'less is more'
a word that represents a sound; ex. Bang!
an exaggeration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is a hyperbole?
when two words or a phrase contradict each other; ex. 'less is more'
a phrase that has a figurative, not literal meaning
an exaggeration
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is an idiom?
a phrase that has a figurative, not literal meaning
comparing two things using like or as
an exaggeration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
What is personification?
a word that represents a sound
an exaggeration
giving human characteristics to something not human
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
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