The Most Dangerous Game Figurative Language

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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
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Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What figurative language can be found in this line: “giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws”?
metaphor
personification
simile and personification
simile
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
“He lived a year in a minute” is an example of what type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows" ... is an example of...
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is the best example of foreshadowing in this story?
The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe foreshadows his death.
The fact that Ivan is mute foreshadows his background.
Whitney's tales of Ship-Trap Island foreshadow the danger present there.
Rainsford's construction of the traps foreshadows that he is an expert hunter.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'The night was as black as pitch'?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In 'The Most Dangerous Game', which figurative language device is used in the description 'The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window'?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Alliteration
D) Personification
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.L.4.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which figurative language is evident in the phrase 'The jungle was a living nightmare'?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
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