Figurative language quiz
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
As usual, he is being a couch potato.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
I nearly died laughing is an example of what?
Metaphor
Assonance
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
"You are the thunder, and I am the lightning," is an example of which type of figurative language?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Chliche
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Define hyperbole.
An overused phrase
Its raining cats and dogs
An over (excessive) exaggeration
A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as
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CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The flowers danced in the wind. What is this an example of:
Simile
Personification
Cliche
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
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