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Figurative Language in the City of Ember

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Figurative Language in the City of Ember
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"a black worm of dread" (DuPrau18)?

simile

metaphor

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"The others swarmed forward to try" (DuPrau 19)?

simile

metaphor

personification

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"Happiness sprang up" in her" (DuPrau 16)?

simile

metaphor

personification

allusion

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

What literary term is the following: 
"She could run forever" (DuPrau 16)?

hyperbole

personification

juxtaposition

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"How could people find their way through the streets in the dark?" (DuPrau 19).

juxtaposition

metaphor

rhetorical question

allusion

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

What literary term is the following:
"The walls were dark red, with brownish patches...An ugly brown carpet lay on the floor" (DuPrau 33)?

hyperbole

color symbolism

alliteration

metaphor

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

What literary term is the following:
"Chilly air brushed against her skin" (DuPrau 36)?

simile

metaphor

personification

alliteration

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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