Figurative Language Terms High School

Figurative Language Terms High School

11th Grade

25 Qs

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Figurative Language Terms High School

Figurative Language Terms High School

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.4.5, RL.11-12.4, L.8.5A

+22

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What figure of speech is used in the following quote...

"Not a bad day's work"

synecdoche

apostrophe

litotes

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

Tick-tock, tick-tock - was all that could be heard in the hospital room.

metaphor

onomatopoeia

allegory

metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly."

alliteration

metonymy

allusion

simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"I'm dying to get my hands on the new iPad Pro."

onomatopoeia

allegory

irony

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"The library is the tallest building in town because it has thousands of stories."

metaphor

personification

pun

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"All the world's a stage and we are merely players."

metaphor

apostrophe

allusion

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:

"Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why do you, through the windows and the curtains, call on us?"

simile

allusion

apostrophe

pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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