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Figurative language quiz

Authored by Matthew Williams

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative language quiz
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12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ________ compares two things using the words "like" or "as"

personification
simile
hyperbole
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ________ compares two things by stating that one thing is another.

metaphor
analogy
hyperbole
simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

__________ is the repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.

rhyme
metaphor
simile
alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

________ is an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point. ______ can even be ridiculous or funny.

metaphor
hyperbole
irony
understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______ gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.

anthropomorphism
objectification
dehumanization
personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

________ is the use of words that sound like their meaning, or words that mimic sounds.

Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The birds' tweets outside my window woke me up, is an example of what figure of speech?

onomatopoeia

hyperbole
simile
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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