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Figurative Language Review

Authored by MEGHAN MORSE

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the type of figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike things?

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

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 onomatopoeia?

The wind whispered through the trees.

The clock went tick-tock.

She is as brave as a lion.

Life is a rollercoaster.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the figurative language used in the phrase: "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky."

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for an expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up?

Idiom

Analogy

Symbolism

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

Her smile is like sunshine.

Time is a thief.

He is as strong as an ox.

The thunder roared angrily.

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

CHALLENGE QUESTION: What is the term for a figure of speech that links two opposite or contradictory words?

Hyperbole

Oxymoron

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

The leaves danced in the wind.

He is a shining star.

The car zoomed past.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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