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Identifying Figurative Language

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9th - 12th Grade

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Identifying Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two dissimilar objects is called a?

Metaphor
Simile
Onomotopeaia
Personification

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 answer would be an example of a metaphor?

The fire burned with the heat of a thousand suns.
The fire burned like a thousand suns.
BOOM!
Peter picked peanuts...

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"The old house stared at the lonely swing set in the front yard," would be an example of what literary device?

alliteration
simile
personification
symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison of two dissimilar objects using like or as is a?

Simile
Allusion
metaphor
Allegory

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

An object that represents something greater than itself is called a what?

Symbol
Personification
Metaphor
Aside

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

A story that has two meanings, a literal and figurative, is called an?  Animal Farm is a type of this.

Allegory
Allusion
Alliteration
Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The assigning of human qualities or characteristic to a non-living object is called?

Personification
Allusion
Symbol
Allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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