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Figurative Language Quiz

Authored by Christine Parker

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Figurative Language Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sentence: "Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship." What is this an example of?

Irony

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sentence: "Nothing can bother him." Which device best fits this sentence?

Hyperbole

Irony

Personification

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sentence: "If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts." Which figurative language is used?

Simile

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sentence: "The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face." What type of figurative language is used here?

Metaphor

Personification

Idiom

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sentence: "She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show." What figurative device is used?

Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sentence: "When he kissed her, it felt to her as though he were trying to win a sword fight." What type of figurative language is used here?

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

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

Sentence: "The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area." Which type of figurative language is this?

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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