FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Authored by GLORIA VILLALPANDO
English
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Did I really win the lottery, or are you just pulling my leg?
Use context clues and choose the best meaning for each underlined idiom.
Telling me the truth
Making me laugh
Tricking me
Doing me a favor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Things aren't always going to go your way. Life isn't a bed of roses, you know.
Use the context clues and choose the best meaning for each underlined idiom.
sweet-smelling
full of thorns
easy and comfortable
painful and difficult
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Elizabeth said it was no big deal to forgive her sister for their fight last week. "It's water under the bridge," she assured her.
Something no one wants to talk about
More important than anything else
A huge problem that must be solved
Something past that no longer matters
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Sarah is barking up the wrong tree; that store doesn't even sell pet supplies.
Looking in the wrong place
Making a fuss over nothing
Using her imagination
Making too much noise
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Rich was over the moon with excitement after hearing the good news.
Unhappy
Surprised
Confused
Thrilled
Tags
CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RL.1.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The district manager was coming later that day, so the team took extra care to cross their t's and dot their i's.
Show up on time
Make sure every small detail was right
Do everything the way they normally would
Make everything extra special
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5B
CCSS.L.5.5B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Your skin is as cold as ice!
Identify both types of figurative language found in each example.
Simile and Personification
Simile and Hyperbole
Simile and Metaphor
Simile and Symbol
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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