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Figurative Language Summative Quiz

Authored by Matthew Desenberg

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Summative Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the best definition of onomatopoeia?

An exaggeration

Words that sound like their meaning.

A direct comparison

An indirect comparison

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

1 min • 1 pt

What is the best definition of hyperbole?

An overused phrase

Its raining cats and dogs

An over (excessive) exaggeration

A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Metaphors often use the words (a)   ​ in a sentence.

is or was
like or as
he or she

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pick the sentence that contains alliteration.

Plastic bags rip easily.

The kid kept kicking at the air.

The knife kept slipping as he chopped the cucumber for salad.

Writing class is boring!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Select ALL examples of personification.

The man brushed his dog off the couch.

The old house groaned and sighed in the wind.

The crayon leapt from the child's hand.

She stood like a statue.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Gurgle, crash, buzz, and boom are all examples of...

Hyperbole

Simile

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

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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