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Exploring Figurative Language

Authored by Matthew Garcia

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Exploring Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

The wind howled in the night.

He was as brave as a lion.

The classroom was a zoo.

She spilled the beans.

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 figure of speech is used in the phrase "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a phrase that uses two words with opposite meanings, like "pretty ugly"?

Simile

Oxymoron

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains a hyperbole?

The bee buzzed past my ear.

The wind whispered through the trees.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

The leaves danced in the wind.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is an example of an idiom?

The classroom was a zoo.

I can't believe you spilled the beans about the surprise party!

The wind whispered through the trees.

He was as strong as an ox.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes a metaphor?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A phrase with opposite meanings

Saying one thing is another thing without using "like" or "as"

Giving human qualities to non-human things

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word in the sentence "The bee buzzed past my ear" is an example of onomatopoeia?

bee

buzzed

past

ear

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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