Figurative Language: 7.4c and 8.4a

Figurative Language review

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Chickens and their eggs

Collect chicken eggs for each correct answer

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question 1/4

About one o'clock, while finishing our lunch, we heard honking like a hungry goose.

Personification

Metaphor

Alliteration

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question 2/4

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

The moon was a gleaming silver coin in the sky.

The watchful eye of the camera captured the scene onstage.

An enormous brown buffalo blundered into the pasture.

question 3/4

Which of the following lines from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” contains imagery?

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And miles to go before I sleep

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep

But I have to promise to keep

question 4/4

"I can’t do anything right." What is meant by the hyperbole used above?

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The writer hates himself.

The writer feels that he is repeatedly making mistakes.

The writer believes that he will always ruin everything.

Cluck, Cluck...

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Cows and their milk

Milk the cows for each correct answer

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"The gray of the sea, and the gray of the sky, A glimpse of the moon like a half-closed eye." What type of figurative language is used above?

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Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

QUESTION 2/4

"The trees dropped their leaves and rested." The purpose of the personification used above is to-

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keep the reader engaged with the writing.

illustrate the way nature changes from time to time

ensure the reader can comprehend what is happening with the trees and leaves

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"I'm not sure if the truck really was beautiful or if I just wanted it to be, but as far as I was concerned, its deep red glow put Grandma's rub ring to shame." The author uses the phrase "put Grandma's ruby ring to shame" to show-

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the brilliant color of the truck

the condition of the truck

the type of stone in the ring

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The smell of burnt pumpkin greets my nostrils as does the woman at the door with her sugary Halloween treats. A spooky chill in the air raises the hair on my neck and stops me before I approach her to accept the piece of rich, milky chocolate in her hand. Choose the phrase from the passage that includes imagery.

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"The smell of burnt pumpkin greets my nostrils..."

"...chill in the air..."

"...stops me before I approach her to accept..."

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Pigs and their food

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QUESTION 1/4

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

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QUESTION 2/4

We had to wait forever!

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QUESTION 3/4

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

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QUESTION 4/4

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

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Sheep and their wool

Shearing sheep wool for each correct answer

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question 1/4

What's the meaning the underlined idiom? Did I really win the lottery, or are you just pulling my leg?

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tricking me

making me laugh

doing me a favor

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What's the meaning the underlined idiom? Elizabeth said it was no big deal to forgive her sister for their fight last week. “It’s water under the bridge,” Elizabeth assured her.

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something past that no longer matters

more important than anything else

a huge problem that must be solved

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What's the meaning the underlined idiom? Things aren’t always going to go your way. Life isn’t a bed of roses, you know.

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full of thorns

sweet-smelling

easy and comfortable

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What's the meaning the underlined idiom? Don’t throw in the towel now! The game isn’t over yet.

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get some rest

give up

keep on trying

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