Which answer would be an example of an allusion

If it rains anymore, we will need Noah's ark.

The trees gnarled fingers grabbed the hikers.

Why do authors use figurative language?

To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

To structure their writing into paragraphs.

Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.

What is personification?

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

The same beginning sound repeated

A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.

Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.

Which is an example of a simile?

His room looked as if a hurricane came through.

His room was a hurricane of a mess.

The hurricane screamed through the town.

What's the meaning of this personification? "The camera loves me!"

Photos of me are always really good.

Photography is one of my hobbies.

Carla put her foot in her mouth really means...

She said something embarrassing.

What is an example of an alliteration ?

The vase flew off of the shelf.

What is an onomatopoeia ?

A word that sounds like the noise it makes.

A comparison using "like" or "as".

A repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

What does the idiom "rain or shine" mean?

"I won't come if it's sunny outside."

"I will come only if it's sunny outside."

(1) This week had been a shipwreck! (2) Monday greeted with a slap on the face as my alarm clock screamed at me to get up. (3) I woke up feeling as ragged as a old pair of holey shoes. (4) I got on my bus feeling like I'd stepped through Platform 9 3/4 into a Hogwarts experience. (5) First of all, math landed an uppercut with a Job-sized problem that had no solution. (6) My mathematician teacher assured me that if I just used my head as something besides a hat rack, I'd find the answer. (7) Then I trudged to English feeling like something the cat dragged, and my friend Paige (8) accidentally gave me a glue stick instead of chapstick. I'm still not talking to her. (9) Although it took forever and a day to get here, Friday finally showed up with her famously fat smile on her face. What TWO uses of figurative language are shown?

There's no use of figurative language.

Pretest Figurative Language

Quiz

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English

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6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

L.4.5, L.4.5A, RI.8.4

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Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

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37 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Charming children chat in the corner.

alliteration

personification

hyperbole

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

onomatopeia

personification

simile

metaphor

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

1 min • 1 pt

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

metaphor

hyperebole

simile

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

We had to wait forever!

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

My life is a dream of wonders.

metaphor

simile

personification

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

It really burned me up when you yelled at me.

idiom

simile

personification

alliteration

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

1 min • 1 pt

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

personification

idiom

alliteration

onomatopoeia

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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37 questions

Charming children chat in the corner.

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

We had to wait forever!

My life is a dream of wonders.

It really burned me up when you yelled at me.

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

Which answer would be an example of an allusion

Why do authors use figurative language?

What is a metaphor?

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