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Figurative Language

Authored by Claire Wells

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

Katie collaborated with the concerned citizens of the city.

hyperbole

metaphor

alliteration

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 3 pts

Which words in the sentence are a demonstration of alliteration?

Katie collaborated with the concerned citizens of the city.

(a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

Katie
with
citizens
collaborated
city
concerned

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

Jasmine heard the trees whispering in the forest.

hyperbole

metaphor

alliteration

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

What is the inanimate (non-human) thing, and what is it doing that is human-like?

Jasmine heard the trees whispering in the forest.

(a)   ​ (b)  

Jasmine
heard
trees
forest
whispering

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night.

simile

metaphor

hyperbole

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

What are the two unlike things being compared in the sentence below?

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night.

(a)   ​ ​ (b)  

Time
is
cruel
thief
night
as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word indicates the following sentence is a simile?

Time is as cruel as a thief in the night.

as

time

cruel

thief

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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