Interpreting Figurative Language in Context: Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia

Interpreting Figurative Language in Context: Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia

8th Grade

50 Qs

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Interpreting Figurative Language in Context: Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia

Interpreting Figurative Language in Context: Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

50 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is shown below:
EX:  The stalks of wheat gossiped in the breeze.
idiom
personification
alliteration
hyperbole

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is shown below:
EX:  The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.
idiom
personification
metaphor
similes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is used below:
The thunder BOOMED, and the lightning CRACKLED.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
idiom
metaphor

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is shown below:
The toddler was a tornado of action in the nursery!
simile
metaphor
alliteration
personification

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is shown below:
Chester Cheetah chomped on chunks of chewy cheddar cheese.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
idiom
simile

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is shown below:
I think I read a million books this summer!
idiom
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Oxymoron

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