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Figurative Language Quizizz

Authored by Jason Volz

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 15+ times

Figurative Language Quizizz
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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a comparison of two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as." Ex/The stars in the night sky sparkled like diamonds.

simile

metaphor

personification

imagery

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

A comparison of two unlike objects (doesn't use "like" or "as").
Ex/Mrs. Connors is a grouchy bear without her morning coffee.

metaphor

personification

imagery

oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

giving human qualities or traits to something that is NOT human.
Ex/ The flowers danced in the lawn.

personification

imagery

oxymoron

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

vivid language that appeals to the senses; uses sensory words that appeal to the reader's sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch.
Ex/ The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves. (Sight)

imagery

oxymoron

alliteration

assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a phrase made of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings. These phrases are so interesting because they are two opposites joined together to create one great, descriptive expression

Ex/Deafening silence OR clearly confused

oxymoron

alliteration

assonance

consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning.
Ex/The leaves rustle in the wind and crunch under my feet.

onomatopoeia

hyperbole

irony

pun

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

an extreme exaggeration.
Ex/ We had to run a million miles in gym class!

hyperbole

irony

pun

idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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