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Figurative Language and Literary Devices Quiz

Authored by Irene Szczur

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language and Literary Devices Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

An extreme exaggeration

Giving human qualities to objects

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

The classroom was a zoo.

I have a million things to do today!

The wind whispered through the trees.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does hyperbole mean?

A word that imitates a sound

An extreme exaggeration

Repetition of the same beginning sound

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is personification?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

An extreme exaggeration

Giving human qualities to objects

A word that imitates a sound

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

The classroom was a zoo.

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

Boom! Bang! Buzz! Splash!

I have a million things to do today!

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

What is alliteration?

A word that imitates a sound

Repetition of the same beginning sound

An extreme exaggeration

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile?

A word that sounds like its meaning

An extreme exaggeration

Uses "like" or "as" to compare

Gives human qualities to non-human things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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