Figurative Language in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
+21
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I paced the room feeling like ants were crawling around inside my shirt.
personification
Simile
hyperbole
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The valley marched all the way up to the water.
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The roof had cracked open like an eggshell.
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
There was no horse or eagle on the beach, just lightning making false daylight and twenty-foot waves pounding the dunes like artillery.
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
In "Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief," when Percy talks about his feelings on finding out he's really a demigod as "a tidal wave of mixed emotions," what kind of language tool is being used?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Answer explanation
The figure of speech being used in the statement 'a tidal wave of mixed emotions' is a metaphor because it compares Percy's feelings to a tidal wave without using 'like' or 'as'.
Tags
DOK Level 3: Strategic Thinking
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 2 pts
but leather that looked like ......well Caucasian human skin. What piece of figurative language is this? (Hint...has like in it)
Metaphor
SImile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Grover was trembling. He'd started eating pinochle cards like potato chips.
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
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