Figurative Language Quiz

This school is a prison.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

My stomach did a backflip.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia

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7.9D

figurative language

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• alliteration
• metaphor

• idiom
• hyperbole

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figurative language

Isabella is the sun in my life; she means everything to me.

• Isabella is yellow.

• Isabella is holding a flashlight.

• Isabella is important to me.

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figurative language

I'm dying to see that movie.

• I can wait a little longer.
• I don't want to see the movie.
• I'm excited about seeing the movie.

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The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was literally made in prehistoric times.

• The car is very new.

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The fog was a blanket covering the road.

• It was a clear, sunny day.
• The fog was thick.
• The fog was comfortable and cozy.

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figurative language

Jeremy clammed up when he thought others would tease him about his ideas.

• Jeremy kept his ideas to himself.
• Jeremy enjoyed fishing.
• Jeremy spoke freely.

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The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.

• The stars are expensive.
• The stars are not out tonight.
• The stars were bright and sparkling.

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