Exploring Figurative Language Techniques
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English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unrelated things using connecting words
A comparison of two unrelated things without using connecting words
A deliberate exaggeration to emphasize a point
A common saying with a non-literal meaning
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
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
The world is a stage.
He is as brave as a lion.
The wind whispered through the trees.
Time is a thief.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is hyperbole?
A comparison using like or as
A deliberate exaggeration used to emphasize a point
A common saying with a non-literal meaning
Words that imitate real sounds
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of an idiom?
The stars danced in the sky.
It's raining cats and dogs.
The car zoomed by.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
A comparison of two unrelated things
Giving human qualities or actions to something that is not human
A deliberate exaggeration
Repeating the same beginning sound in a group of words
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
The thunder roared in the night.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
The clock ticked loudly.
The sun smiled down on us.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
A comparison using like or as
A deliberate exaggeration
Words that imitate real sounds
A common saying with a non-literal meaning
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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