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Figurative Language Quiz

Authored by Madison Netherton

English

7th Grade

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Figurative Language Quiz
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following terms to their definitions:

a direct comparison of unlike things (using is/are)

Simile

a direct comparison using like or as

Onomatopoeia

sound words

Personification

giving human characteristics to nonhumans

Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.E2.2B

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following terms with their definitions:

using descriptive words to paint a picture

Hyperbole

an extreme exaggeration

alliteration

repeated consonant sounds

imagery

a phrase that means something different than its official meaning

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All the beautiful stars of the sky, The

silver doves of the forest of Night,

Over the dull earth swarm and fly,

Companions of our flight.

-James Thomson

What two things are being compared in the

metaphor above?

Stars and Sky

birds and companions

stars and birds

night and flight

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.5.10D

TEKS.ELA.6.9D

TEKS.MATH.7.9D

TEKS.ELA.8.9D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We will rush ever on without fear; Let

the goal be far, the flight be fleet! For we

carry the Heavens with us, dear,

While the Earth slips from our feet!

-James Thomson

Fear, far, flight, fleet, feet... is an example of what type of figurative language?

 Alliteration

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.6B

TEKS.ELA.CW.4A

TEKS.ELA.1.9B

TEKS.ELA.4.10D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 Life without love is a year without Summer

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The line above is an example of which figurative language?

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.E4.7B

TEKS.ELA.E2.7B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

...all the memories that hang upon

And cling around about us as a garment,

Clothing us in a robe of more than glory...

-Edgar Allen Poe

The memories cling around us as a garment

(clothing) is an example of...

simile

metaphor

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.4.9B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

 The leaves fly over the window and

utter a word as they pass...

-D. H. Lawrence

This is an example of which figurative language?

 personification

alliteration

simile

hyperbole

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9E

TEKS.ELA.7.9E

TEKS.ELA.8.9E

TEKS.ELA.LG.2L

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