Figurative Language Terms

Figurative Language Terms

6th - 12th Grade

11 Qs

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Figurative Language Terms

Figurative Language Terms

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Both similes and metaphors ________.

are ways words can rhyme in a poem

compare things

make a story less vivid

use the words “like” and “as”

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

The thunder boomed and rumbled.

The thunder was loud.

The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.

The thunder was loud.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A metaphor is a figure of speech that ________.

uses a word that sounds like what it means

gives a nonhuman thing human traits

compares things without using the words “like” or “as”

uses the words “like” or “as” but doesn’t compare things

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

The boy was a tornado of emotion.

The boy was upset at himself.

The boy did not like what he’d done.

The boy said he’d die of shame.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

Her eyes were two full moons.

Her eyes were as bright as diamond

Her eyes shone through the darkness.

Her eyes looked like mine.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.


The hug was like a soft blanket, wrapping Simone in warmth.

There is no figure of speech in that sentence.

both a simile and a metaphor

metaphor

simile

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Explain the meaning of the following sentence.


Eye balling me like a lion to its prey, the line backer charged.

simile

metaphor

both a simile and a metaphor

There is no figure of speech in that sentence.

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