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Figurative Language Quiz

Authored by Kelly Bacon

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a simile?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

An exaggeration for effect

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

She swims like a fish.

The snow is a white blanket.

He runs as fast as lightning.

She is as busy as a bee.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is personification?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

An exaggeration for effect

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

He's running like the wind.

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

The car was old and tired.

I've told you a million times.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the idiom "break a leg" mean?

Literally breaking one's leg

To stop by force

Good luck

To dance well

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

The wind whispered through the willows.

The cat climbed the cold castle.

She sells seashells by the seashore.

Both B and C

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

What is an onomatopoeia?

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Words that imitate the sound they describe

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects

An exaggeration for effect

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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