Figurative Language in The Crossover
Authored by Mickaella Porterfield
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following terms to their definitions:
giving human characteristics to nonhumans
Metaphor
a direct comparison of unlike things (using is/are)
Simile
sound words
Personification
a direct comparison using like or as
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following terms with their definitions:
a phrase that cannot be taken literally
Hyperbole
an extreme exaggeration
alliteration
descriptive words creating an image
idiom
repeated consonant sounds
imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
I’d burn mad as a flame is an example of
personification
adjective
simile
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
Chapter: At the End of Warm-Ups, My Brother Tries to Dunk
“The gym is a loud, crowded circus.”
What kind of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
Chapter: Filthy McNasty
“He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT
It's Supersonic SASSY”
What kind of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"If my hair were a tree I'd climb it. I'd kneel down beneath and enshrine it."
What king of figurative language is used?
metaphor
personification
simile
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
I’d burn mad as a flame is an example of
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
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