Figurative Language Quiz
Authored by FRANCISCO MUNOZ-VAZQUEZ
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Decide which type of figurative language is in the example below
"This class was a total zoo when we had a substitute teacher."
Simile
Idiom
Allusion
Metaphor
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
Identify the figurative language used in the example below
"I will not have you, in one night, besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons!"
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Alliteration
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
Identify the type of figurative language used in the example below
"She was moving fast—fast like a dancer in a temple ritual, fast like a snake in the red dessert, fast like the water down the side of a mountain."
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language used in the example below
"Life... is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Simile
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
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
Identify the figurative language example below
"They don't say anything because they're Wolverine and Magneto and it would mess up their vibe to explain."
Allusion
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the type of figurative language used in the following example
"I'm on that supersonic boom. Y'all hear the spaceship zoom"
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Allusion
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the figurative language example shown below
"I’m so tired I could sleep for a year."
Idiom
Alliteration
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
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