Figurative Language in the City of Ember

Figurative Language in the City of Ember

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Figurative Language in the City of Ember

Figurative Language in the City of Ember

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.5.3, RL.5.5, RL.6.3

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"this monstrous roaring thing--he wondered if anyone understood how it worked" (DuPrau 47)?

simile

metaphor

juxtaposition

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"It was an ear-splitting growling, grinding, screaming noise" (DuPrau 46))?

personification

alliteration

simile

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"a hoarse rackety-rackety sound and underscored with a deep chugga-chugga-chugga" (DuPrau 46). 

onomatopoeia

personification

simile

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary device is evident in: "Lina's heart leapt"?

personification

juxtaposition

alliteration

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary device is evident in: "scuffled, snatching"?

simile

personification

juxtaposition

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary device is evident in: "Fear had settled over the city"?

simile

alliteration

metaphor

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary device is evident in: "Doon's face fell"?

juxtaposition

simile

imagery

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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