Figurative Language

Figurative Language

8th - 12th Grade

21 Qs

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Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th - 12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.4.5, L.8.5A, L.9-10.5A

+10

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sonal Bhatia

Used 83+ times

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which one of these is considered a pun?

This is a piece of cake

It was like taking candy from a baby

Kings worry about receding heir line

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

You speak so loud that every citizen of this nation can hear you.

Which figure of speech is it?

Hyperbole

simile

Pun

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an example of an oxymoron?

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

The professor stated his unbiased opinion.

He has become an extremely unpopular celebrity.

It looks like the same difference to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

To everyone's surprise, the firehouse burned to the ground.

Which figure of speech is this?

Paradox

Litotes

Irony

Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true.

Oxymoron

Antithesis

Irony

Paradox

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

8. Customer: "Do you have any samples of the new Versace cologne?"

Salesman: "Yes! We have a ton of those in the back. Let me go get you some."

Litote

Climax

Hyperbole

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The brazen boy laughed defiantly at the corpse in the casket."

Personification

Oxymoron

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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