Figurative Language in Out of the Dust
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
...or blow away, like bits of cast-off rags.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
It wasn't until the dust turned toward the house, like a fired locomotive...
simile
hyperbole
personification
repetition
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
...the dust hissed against the windows...
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
repetition
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I look at Joe and know our future is drying up
and blowing away with the dust.
idiom
hyperbole
metaphor
irony
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
...her anger,
simmering over like a pot in an empty kitchen...
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
...cheekbones like bicycle handles.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
repetition
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
...so tart,
would turn my mouth inside out...
hyperbole
alliteration
personification
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
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