Figurative Language Assessment

Quiz
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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Sarah Morales
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10 questions
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following definitions and terms
personification
a comparison of two different things using the words like or as
simile
a comparison of two different things, typically saying one thing is something else
allusion
an indirect reference to other literature, history or cultural knowledge
hyperbole
a figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis
metaphor
giving an object or animal human characteristics or intentions
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Analyze the line from Kendrick Lamar's song and decide what figurative language he uses:
"Now I done grew up 'round some people livin' their life in bottles"
simile
metaphor
personification
allusion
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Analyze the line from Katy Perry's song and decide what figurative language she uses:
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag….drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
simile
allusion
metaphor
hyperbole
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
50 Cent uses ____________ in the line "Girl you are a beauty well I am a beast"
simile
personification
metaphor
allusion
Answer explanation
This is allusion, because he is making a reference to the well-known story of Beauty and the Beast.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When Moana sings: "See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me!" she is using ____________ to describe the horizon.
hyperbole
simile
personification
allusion
Answer explanation
This is personification, because the ocean cannot literally call out to someone.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Analyze the following song lyrics: Hello Darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
CCSS.RL.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Analyze the following song lyrics: "I'd catch a grenade for ya; I'd throw my head on a blade for ya; I'd jump in front of a train for ya" (Bruno Mars)
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
Answer explanation
he repeats "for ya" over and over (hyperbole would also have been a correct answer)
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