Extended Metaphor

Extended Metaphor

9th Grade

8 Qs

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Extended Metaphor

Extended Metaphor

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5A, L.5.5A, RL.5.4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A metaphor is...

A literal comparison between two things

A figurative comparison between two unlike things for effect

A figurative comparison using "like" or "as"

A commonly used expression

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

An extended metaphor...

Puts multiple metaphors together

Combines a metaphor with a simile

Analyzes the purpose/effect of metaphors

Develops a single metaphor over multiple lines

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Identify the extended metaphor:

Media Image
Media Image
Media Image

None of these options

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Identify the extended metaphor:

"My mom is a hero. My dad is a zero"

"My house is a circus. We kids are monkeys bouncing around with no purpose, tightrope walkers balancing on the back legs of chairs, we fly like trapeze artists up and down the stairs"

I wanna get married, like the Currys, Steph and Ayesha sh--/

But we more like Belly, Tommy and Keisha sh--/

Gave you TLC, you wanna creep and sh--

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Identify the original comparison:

Hope to a song

A song to "a thing with feathers"

Birds to crumbs

Hope to a bird

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why would a writer choose to extend a metaphor?

To draw a clearer comparison and help the reader visualize

To confuse the reader

To compare to unlike things without explanation

To make the reader come to his/her own conclusions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

"Time is an endless roller-coaster ride: it stops for no one, and it keeps going round and round. Sometimes it feels fast, and sometimes it slows down." What is the original metaphor here?

A roller-coaster and endless

Time and a roller-coaster

A ride and a roller-coaster

A person and time

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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