Knowledge of Language

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!

• No!

• Yes!

• Go!

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The idiom, "Its raining cats and dogs" means..

• Its actually raining cats and dogs outside

• It is raining 

• Its raining really hard outside

• The weather is perfect

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

An idiom is  

• a phrase that doesn't have a literal or predictive meaning 

• a phrase that is supposed to be taken literally

• when an idiot takes this test

• a phrase that has several meanings

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

This is an example of.. 

• a pun on words

• an idiom

• a hyperbole

• a metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following sentences uses correct subject-verb agreement?

• The team are winning the match.

• The team is winning the match.

• The team were winning the match.

• The team has winning the match.

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CCSS.L.3.1F

Identify the sentence that uses passive voice.

• The cat chased the mouse.

• The mouse was chased by the cat.

• The cat is chasing the mouse.

• The mouse chases the cat.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A