Descriptive Techniques

Quiz
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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
+6
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technique is in this sentence: Rows upon rows of trees stood patiently waiting for the rain.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Power of three
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What techniques is in this sentence: Her smile grew and grew and grew until she couldn't smile anymore.
Repetition
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technique is in this sentence: Dragging her heavy feet behind her the girl could hear a melody of squelching and sloshing.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Power of three
Repetition
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technique is in this sentence: A golden waterfall of hair trickled gently down her back.
Power of three
Personification
Simile
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
What technique is in this sentence: The room was empty, bare and abandoned.
Power of three
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technique is in this sentence: His smile was like a crooked old chimney that hadn't been used in hundreds of years.
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technique is in this sentence: Hundreds of hurrying hares hounded through the howling winds.
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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