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Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification
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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following examples with the type of figurative language.

The leaves danced in the wind.

Simile

Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.

Onomatopoeia

His heart is gold.

Personification

Ding dong!

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following options would make this sentence an example of onomatopoeia?​ The car horn ​ ​ (a)   .

beeped

was loud

sounded like a train

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

Which type of figurative language compares 2 things OFTEN using words such as "is" "are" "was" ?

simile

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following similes and metaphors.

My sister is as tall as a giraffe.

Metaphor

He is as slow as a sloth when he is getting ready for school.

Simile

Life is a highway.

Simile

My brother playing the trumpet sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Metaphor

The snow is a white blanket.

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following options would make this sentence an example of personification? The wind ​ (a)   .

howled in the night

was like a soft breeze

blew my trash can all the way to Africa

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The car ran over the ball and it was as flat as a ​ (a)  

pancake.

ball.

rock.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following words is NOT an onomatopoeia word?

crash

silly

moo

bam

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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