Exploring Figurative Language and Its Examples

Exploring Figurative Language and Its Examples

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.9-10.4, L.5.5A, L.3.5A

+15

Standards-aligned

Created by

Mia Campbell

FREE Resource

Standards-aligned

CCSS.RI.9-10.4
,
CCSS.L.5.5A
,
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.7.4
,
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
,
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
,
CCSS.L.8.5A
,
CCSS.RL.3.4
,
CCSS.RL.5.4
,
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
,
CCSS.L.4.5A
,
CCSS.L.6.5
,
CCSS.L.5.5
,
CCSS.L.4.5
,
CCSS.RL.2.4
,
CCSS.RI.6.4
,
CCSS.RI.7.4
,
CCSS.RI.8.4
,

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary difference between figurative and literal language?

Literal language is more difficult to understand than figurative language.

Figurative language uses comparisons, while literal language does not.

Figurative language is used in everyday speech, while literal language is not.

Literal language is used in poetry, while figurative language is not.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

Life is like an onion.

My heart is a lonely hunter.

The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What key words indicate a simile?

If or when

And or but

To be verbs

Like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following sentences contains alliteration?

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

Life is like an onion.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is personification?

An exaggerated statement.

A word that imitates a sound.

Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

Life is like an onion.

I laughed my head off when he said the joke.

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

The firecracker made a loud kaboom.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does onomatopoeia refer to?

A contradiction in terms.

A brief reference to a person, place, or event.

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.

A word that imitates a sound.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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