Figures of Speech
Authored by Heidi Doctolero
English
6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the excerpts below includes a metaphor?
They turned on themselves, like a feverish wheel, all tumbling spokes.
She was an old photograph dusted from an album...
“It’s like a penny,” she said once, eyes closed.
A boom of thunder startled them...
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 type of figurative language is present in this sentence?
Then they closed the door and heard the gigantic sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever.
What type of figurative language is present in this sentence?
Then they closed the door and heard the gigantic sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever.
metaphor
personification
simile
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Read this sentence and answer the question that follows:
A boom of thunder startled them and like leaves before a new hurricane,
they tumbled upon each other and ran.
Read this sentence and answer the question that follows:
A boom of thunder startled them and like leaves before a new hurricane,
they tumbled upon each other and ran.
What are the children being compared to in this simile?
leaves tumbling
thunder startling
hurricane approaching
wind howling
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
Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows.
“It’s like a penny,” she said once, eyes closed.
In what way is the sun like a penny?
they are both expensive
they are both round
they are both hidden
they are both common on Venue
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows.
“It’s like a fire,” she said, “in the stove.”
In what way is the sun like a fire?
they are both warm and bright
they are both dying out
they are both common on Venus
they are both hidden
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What figure of speech is present in this sentence?
The rain is like a clear bead necklace.
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What figure of speech is present in this sentence?
The sun came for an hour and showed its face to the stunned world.
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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