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Figurative Language Quiz

Authored by Shenelle Karnes

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of figurative language is being used in the sentence 'You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun'?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

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

In the sentence 'A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water', what kind of figurative language is being used?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which kind of figurative language is used in the lines 'Long live the rose that grew from the concrete, When no one else even cared!'?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of figurative language is being used in the sentence 'The roof might fly off, the walls might buckle from the pressure of his rage'?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Romeo's question 'What art thou hurt?' and his friend's response 'Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch', what kind of figurative language is being used?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of figurative language is used in the lines 'Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance'?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.', what kind of figurative language is being used?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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