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Poetry Figurative Language

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Poetry Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of personification?

You are as a beautiful as a flower.

The trees danced in the wind.

I waited in line for 10 years!

He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do people use figurative language?

To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

To be grammatically correct.

To structure their writing into paragraphs.

Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the metaphor "You light up my life!"

You a light

It is a comparison without using "like" or "as"

You make me happy.

You're so bright

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

Boom!

No!

Yes!

Go!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 10 pts

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices​ (a)  

figurative language

speaker

mood

repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

"I'm as a cool as a cucumber!"

"The girls are like two peas in a pod!"

"After school I have a ton of homework to do!"

"Her hair was so long!"

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"That picture is as straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

simile

alliteration

metaphor

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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