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Figurative Language Interpret Meanings

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Figurative Language Interpret Meanings
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Since the ball is in your court, what would you like to eat?" What does the underlined phrase mean?

The speaker is not sure where he wants to eat.

The speaker does not want to eat.

The speaker will decide where they will eat.

The speaker is leaving the decision of where to eat with someone else.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does "add fuel to the fire" mean?

put more logs on the fire

add more problems to a situation

dump gasoline on a fire

add more sticks to a fire

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Trying to get a serious answer from Jake is like pulling teeth. What does the underlined phrase mean?

Jake is always serious.

Jake is losing his teeth.

Jake doesn't answer questions.

Jake is always fooling around.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

figurative language

connotation

gust

research

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

the implied meaning of a word

connotation

connatation

conotation

conottation

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is being compared? The computer screen was a dark pool of knowledge.

Computer and Dark

Computer and Knowledge

Screen and Pool

Screen and Knowledge

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

What is being compared? Throughout the test, Jameela was as cool as a cucumber.

Jameela and Cool

Cool and Cucumber

Test and Cucumber

Jameela and Cucumber

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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