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

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English

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.4, RL.8.4, L.4.5A

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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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

Personification
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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