Drummer Boy Of Shiloh-Fig. Language

Drummer Boy Of Shiloh-Fig. Language

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Drummer Boy Of Shiloh-Fig. Language

Drummer Boy Of Shiloh-Fig. Language

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Easy

CCSS
RL.8.3, RL.8.10, RI.6.5

+31

Standards-aligned

Created by

Marie Welsh

Used 4+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "a peach stone struck like panic"?

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the figurative language in "the drum’s great lunar face peered at him."

Personification

Simile

Alliteration

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the figurative language in "a solemn time and a solemn night"?

Parallel Structure

Metaphor

Simile

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figurative language is used in "a leap, a yell, a blind plunge"?

Parallel Structure

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is "others murmuring to themselves"?

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"There wasn’t a man-boy on this ground" is an example of which figurative language?

Oxymoron

Simile

Metaphor

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the figurative language in "firm and fiery family."

Alliteration

Simile

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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