Figurative Language Quiz

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The mouse was quiet

• The mouse was whisper-quiet

• The mouse was quiet as a whisper

• The mouse's footsteps sounded whispery

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The house was a carnival

• The house was noisy like a carnival

• The house had a carnival-like atmosphere

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well; representative object

• archetype

• symbol

• rhetoric

• character

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I could hardly open my eyes, I was so sleepy. But then a smell permeated my nostrils and made its way to my brain, the rich, earthy, welcoming smell of my morning coffee being brewed.

• imagery

• metaphor

• symbolism

• allegory

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand.

• apostrophe

• allusion

• allegory

• antonym

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which word means "the feelings or emotions a poem makes the audience feel"?

• Mood

• Tone

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Make a sentence related to Halloween or fall that uses hyperbole.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following sentences is an example of personification?

• The slimy eel slithered through the seaweed.

• The stand of trees was a festival of color that fall.

• The dandelions stood tall, proudly surveying the rest of the yard.

• The snails crept along the sidewalk, moving as slowly as a glacier.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the theme of the following passage?

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.…” (The Raven by Edgar Allan

• Fear is an unsettling but powerful emotion.

• Revenge is always an option.

• Always lock your doors.

• The boogie man is alive and well

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A motif is

• something that shows up once in a piece of work to connect it all together.

• a repeated image, theme, symbol, character, subject, or detail.

• an abstract idea

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4