Sensory Details and Figurative Language Quiz
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are sensory details?
Details that appeal to one or more of the five senses
Language that is not meant to be taken literally
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
A type of figurative language
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
We saw orange flames shooting from the windows
Soft hot ashes landed on us
He strolls through the crowd as if in a dream
We could taste and smell the acrid smoke
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, or as if
A type of sensory detail
A metaphor without using like or as
A literal description
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things without using like, as, or as if
A comparison using like or as
A literal description
A type of sensory detail
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "I lay in my sickbed, surrounded by the strong piney aroma of camphor"?
Sight
Sound
Touch
Smell
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "Li and JJ enjoy the delicious sweetness of the Italian ices at the little beach stand"?
Sight
Sound
Taste
Smell
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sense is primarily appealed to in the sentence: "In the great quietness of those summer days, our only clock was the ocean’s waves beating rhythmically on the shore"?
Sight
Sound
Touch
Smell
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
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