Surface Pressue Figurative Language

Surface Pressue Figurative Language

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Amanda Gutierrez

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is "I'm as tough as the crust of the earth is"?

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When Luisa says "I take what I'm handed" she is using an old expression that means she can take whatever the community dishes out--in other words, she will accept any work they give her.  What type of figurative language is this? 

metaphor
simile
idiom
hyperbole

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is, "I feel as [crazy] as a tightrope walker in a three-ring circus"?

simile
personification
hyperbole
metaphor

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Luisa refers to the Greek hero Hercules, who fought Hades' 3-headed dog Cerberus when she sings this line: "Was Hercules ever like 'Yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus'"? What type of figurative language is this? 

Allusion

Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is the old expression the straw "that breaks the camel's back"?

Idiom
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of sound device or figurative language is found in the lines: "Pressure like a drip, drip, drip that'll never stop, whoa! Pressure that'll tip, tip, tip 'till you just go pop, whoa!"?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Onomatopoeia

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What 2 types of figurative language is in these lines: "Give her all the heavy things we can't shoulder. Who am I if I can't run with the ball?"  She's comparing running with a football in order to make a touchdown to completing all the jobs given to her.

simile

allusion

personification

metaphor

idiom

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