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Figurative Language in The Crossover

Authored by Mickaella Porterfield

English

6th - 8th Grade

15 Questions

CCSS covered

Used 34+ times

Figurative Language in The Crossover
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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)

Metaphor

a direct comparison using like or as

Onomatopoeia

sound words

Personification

giving human characteristics to nonhumans

Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following terms with their definitions:

a phrase that cannot be taken literally

idiom

descriptive words creating an image

imagery

repeated consonant sounds

Hyperbole

an extreme exaggeration

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

I’d burn mad as a flame is an example of

personification

adjective

simile

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Chapter: At the End of Warm-Ups, My Brother Tries to Dunk

“The gym is a loud, crowded circus.”

What kind of figurative language is this?

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Chapter: Filthy McNasty

“He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT

It's Supersonic SASSY”

What kind of figurative language is this?

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Simile

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

"If my hair were a tree I'd climb it. I'd kneel down beneath and enshrine it."

What king of figurative language is used?

metaphor

personification

simile

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

I’d burn mad as a flame is an example of

personification

hyperbole

simile

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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