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Context Clues and Figurative Language

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

Context Clues and Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Sometime Angeline could be cold-hearted." What does "cold-hearted" mean?

She was always cold

She was mean sometimes

She could freeze anyone

None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Omakayas often followed at Angeline's heels like a puppy. What type of figurative language is this?

metaphor

simile

idiom

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the meaning of contentedly as it is used in this sentence?

slowly

shyly

happily

questioningly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What figurative language is this?

hyperbole

personification

idiom

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When my sister decided to apply to several colleges, our mailbox started getting lots of advertisements from other colleges that she had never even heard of. The deluge of letters and post cards filled our mailbox each day.
What does deluge mean in the passage?

only a few things

storm

overwhelmed with a lot of things

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What draws a comparison between two things by saying one thing IS another? (Example: Mrs. Swain is a monster)

Simile

Metaphor

Refrain

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Based on the context clues, what does the word ESTEEMED mean?

Wherever he goes, the esteemed Dr. Mandible is applauded for his life-saving research.

Held over boiling water

Very old

Greatly admired

Widely despised

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

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