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Figurative Language Quiz

Authored by Andrew Bristow

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

Comparing two things using like or as

Comparing two things NOT using like or as

Pineapple

an overused predictable expression

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

What is imagery?

Visually descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

Cows

An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile?

a comparison that does NOT use like or as

Horse

A comparison that uses like or as

an object that represents an idea

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 is hyperbole?

An object that represents an idea

Pig

An expression whose meaning is different than the words

An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is personification?

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

A comparison that includes the words like or as

Goat

a word that is like the sound it makes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an idiom?

An expression whose meaning is different than the words

A comparison that uses like or as

Dog

the repetition of the beginning letter of words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is onomatopoeia?

a word that is like the sound it makes

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

an extreme exaggeration

Sheep

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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