Figurative Language Escape Room

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Figurative Language Escape

For each question, select the best possible answer. Complete the activity of each lesson and get a fantastic diploma.

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Lesson 01

Question 01

"Balancing on breaking branches, those eyes add insult to injury"

alliteration

iimagery

metaphor

01

Question 02

"Did you hear that boom, badooom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, boom, bass"

hyperbole

alliteration

onomatopoeia

01

Question 03

"The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares."

imagery

simile

idiom

Question 04

"A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded."

simile

imagery

personification

01

Question 05

"Your words cut deeper than a knife"

hyperbole

metaphor

idiom

01

Question 06

"Dry lightning cracks across the skies"

personification

hyperbole

alliteration

Question 07

onomatopoeia

idiom

imagery

01

Question 08

"TikTok on the clock, but the party don't stop"

personification

metaphor

onomatopoeia

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Figurative Language Escape

For each question, select the best possible answer. Complete the activity of each lesson and get a fantastic diploma

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 6

Lesson 5

Lesson 4

Lesson 02

Question 01

personification

idiom

simile

02

Question 02

simile

imagery

alliteration

02

Question 03

metaphor

imagery

personification

02

Question 04

"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."

simile

imagery

alliteration

02

Question 05

"I climbed a mountain and I turned around and I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills"

imagery

metaphor

personification

02

Question 06

"So tired of tears, so done with wishing you were still here, said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow, so, why can't I turn off the radio?"

onomatopoeia

idiom

alliteration

02

Question 07

"Several hundred trucks school around the spot where she pulls up, colossal sharks in a feeding frenzy."

simile

metaphor

imagery

02

Question 08

metaphor

simile

idiom

02

Question 09

"My heart's a stereo, it beats for you so listen close"

imagery

personification

metaphor

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Figurative Language Escape

For each question, select the best possible answer. Complete the activity of each lesson and get a fantastic diploma.

Lesson 3

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 6

Lesson 5

Lesson 4

Lesson 03

Question 01

This is an example of onomatopoeia: "Over the cobbles, he clattered and clashed"

True

False

03

Question 02

This is an example of personification: "But old fools is the biggest fools there is. Can't learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is."

True

False

03

Question 03

This is alliteration: "There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move, always gonna be an uphill battle, sometimes I'm gonna have to lose"

True

False

Question 04

This is onomatopoeia:

True

False

03

Question 05

This is alliteration: "I can show you a world, shining, shimmering, splendid"

True

False

03

Question 06

This is personification:

True

False

Question 07

This is personification: "The moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature in her hiding-places."

True

False

03

Question 08

This is an idiom: "Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five."

True

False

03

Question 09

This is imagery: "In the cold light of day, we're a flame in the wind. Not the fire that we've begun."

True

False

Question 10

What is the meaning of the idiom below?

Something hard to find

Something common

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Figurative Language Escape

For each question, select the best possible answer. Complete the activity of each lesson and get a fantastic diploma.

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 6

Lesson 5

Lesson 4

Lesson 04

Question 01

"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight, not a footstep to be seen"

personification

imagery

metaphor

idiom

04

Question 02

"Time is racing towards us, 'til the Huns arrive"

idiom

simile

personification

onomatopoeia

04

Question 03

"Booming and banging thunder in the air, crashing and rumbling waves against wet rock"

onomatopoeia

metaphor

imagery

alliteration

Question 04

"A rustic hunting lodge, my latest kill roasting on the fire, and my little wife massaging my feet while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs. We'll have six or seven."

alliteration

imagery

metaphor

personification

04

Question 05

"Cause baby now we've got bad blood"

personification

simile

alliteration

idiom

Question 06

04

What is the meaning of this figurative language: "I've got my hands full. I'm much obliged but I couldn't take on any more work."

They are holding lots of things

They are busy

They are being dismissive

They are not greatful

Question 07

"It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air, and sunshine galore. It was a nursery first and then a playroom and gymnasium."

personification

imagery

alliteration

simile

04

Question 08

What is the meaning of: "Our love ain't water under the bridge"?

It's not shallow

It's not deep

It's not in the past

"It's not strong

Question 09

04

"The barn was very large. It was very old, It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure...and whenever the cat was given a fish head to eat, the barn would smell of fish."

Imagery - smell

metaphor

imagery - sight

simile

Question 10

alliteration

imagery - visual

metaphor

onomatopoeia

Wrong answer

Question 11

04

What is the meaning of this figurative language: "I was on top of the world, living high, it was right in my pocket, I was living the life"

He's standing on something high

He's tall

He's about to fall

He's happy

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Figurative Language Escape

For each question, select the best possible answer. Complete the activity of each lesson and get a fantastic diploma.

Lesson 1

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Lesson 3

Lesson 6

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Lesson 4

Lesson 05

Question 01

"As the book quivered in her lap, the secret sat in her mouth. It made itself comfortable." What is personified in the quote and what does it demonstrate?

The book is personified to show how the narrator is shaking,

The secret is personified to show she wants tell someone.

The secret is personified to show she is unable to speak.

The book is personified to show she is hiding something.

05

Question 02

"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared dream before"

alliteration - create rhythm and emphasis

personification - make something more lifelike

imagery - create a sense of reality

metaphor - make a comparison

05

Question 03

What is the meaning of the metaphor: "Love is an open door"?

She believes that love will give her the life she always wanted

She believes love will keep the castle doors open

She believes this will lead to power and influence

She believes Hans will hold the doors open for her

Question 04

What is the alliteration in this poem's line? "the lake water lapping with low sounds"

"the "l" and "w" sound

Tthe "l" sound

the "s" sound

"the "w" sound

05

Question 05

What is the meaning of this metaphor?

He can't figure out what to say

His thoughts are organized

He has no thoughts

His thoughts are pretty

05

Question 06

This contains an example of an idiom: "I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it."

False, there is not an example of an idiom

True, there is an example of an idiom

Question 07

"Her smile was a ray of sunshine"

simile

metaphor

idiom

personification

05

Question 08

What is the meaning of this simile: "You look like a movie, you sound like a song"

They don't seem like something that could be real

They seem like they should be famous

They are something everyone knows

They're something glamorous

Question 09

"Vintage tee, brand new phone, high heels on cobblestone"

Imagery - meant to make you picture of a younger adult

metaphor - comparing the old clothing with the new phone

idiom - vintage tee really means just an older shirt

onomatopoeia - the sound of the heels on the stone

05

Question 10

"There was a rustling that seemed like a bustling of merry crowds justling at pitching and hustling."

alliteration

onomatopoeia

metaphor

personification

05

Question 11

"But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It's small and red with tight steps and windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath."

personification

imagery

alliteration

metaphor

Question 12

"She tried to get rid of the kitten which had scrambled up her back and stuck like a burr just out of reach."

metaphor

simile

imagery

idiom

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Figurative Language Escape

For each question, select the best possible answer. Complete the activity of each lesson and get a fantastic diploma.

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 6

Lesson 5

Lesson 4

Lesson 06

Question 01

"And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind." What is personified?

The cold

Fear

06

Question 02

What kind of figurative language is this?

alliteration

onomatopoeia

06

Question 03

"Shawty's like a melody in my head, that I can't keep out"

She's annoying

She's in his head

He wants to stop thinking about her

He's always thinking about her

Question 04

This is an example of alliteration: "Phone lights up my nightstand in the black, come here you can meet me in the back, dark jeans and your Nikes look at you"

false

true

06

Question 05

What is the effect of the figurative language : "Pressure like a tick, tick, tick, 'til it's ready to blow"

Onomatopoeia - It makes it seem like a timer counting down

Simile - it's comparing pressure to an insect that's annoying

06

Question 06

"I'm like a shooting star, I've come so far"

He's burning up

He's moving really fast

He feels like he's lucky

He feels like he's falling

06

Question 07

"The bridges were burned, now it's your turn ot cry, cry me a river". What is the meaning of both idioms?

Bridges were burned - you can't go back Cry me a river - he has no sympathy

Bridges were burned - there's no path forwardCry me a river - he thinks the person is crying too much

Question 08

This is personification.

true

false

06

Question 09

"Just smell the grass! The dirt! Just like I dreamed they'd be! Just feel that summer breeze, the way it's calling me"

alliteration

metaphor

imagery

idiom

06

Question 10

"And I'm going to miss you like a child misses their blanket"

There's a sense of nostalgia

She will miss the feeling of safety

Question 11

'We must be swift as the coursing river...mysterious as the dark side of the moon"

personification

simile

06

Question 12

"I ask the traffic lights if it'll be all right, they say I don't know"

metaphor

idiom

personification

imagery

06

Question 13

"Middle C is the belly button of the piano"

On some pianos, that key sticks out and on others it's flat

it's the center of the piano

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