Figurative Language practice
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Define: Metaphor
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as.
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language:
The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee
Alliteration
Assonance
Metaphor
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the types of figurative language:
She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language:
He was as strong as an ox.
Metaphor
Idiom
Oxymoron
Simile
Tags
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
Identify the type of figurative language:
The tsunami raced toward the coastline.
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
Oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Definition: giving human qualities to nonhuman things
idiom
personification
metaphor
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Definition: an exaggerated statement used to create an emphasis
hyperbole
simile
imagery
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.7.6
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