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Grade 7 Metaphor
Babe was a two ton bundle of blue dynamite is an example of:
  1. simile
  2. tone
  3. metaphor
  4. allusion
Grade 7 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.7.5, L.7.5a, L.9-10.5
Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?
  1. She transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.
  2. His wife was his Achilles' heel.
  3. He lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's.
  4. We'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.
Grade 7 Idiom
Which is NOT an example of an idiom?
  1. A dog ran after a rabbit.
  2. Those cards are a dime a dozen.
  3. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
  4. It's raining cats and dogs out there.
Grade 7 Figurative Language
Miss Ryan took me to a seat at the front of the room, into which I shrank—the better to survey her.

The author's word choice suggests that Ernesto feels
  1. like he is in love with his teacher.
  2. like this is the best day of his life.
  3. like he wants to go back to his school in Mazatlan.
  4. like he wants to hide and just observe the classroom.
Grade 7 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.7.5, L.7.5a
When the author wrote "Bah! Humbug!" in his Christmas story, he was using                .
  1. alliteration
  2. allusion
  3. foreshadowing
  4. metaphor
Grade 7 Figurative Language
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!
This is an example of:
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. assonance
  4. alliteration
Grade 7 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.7.5, L.7.5a
"Chocolate is my Achilles' heel" is an example of:
  1. alliteration
  2. simile
  3. pun
  4. allusion
Grade 7 Figurative Language
Choose which figure of speech appears in this sentence: The raindrops danced and jumped on the window.
  1. exaggeration
  2. simile
  3. metaphor
  4. personification
Grade 7 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below.

Mr. John is as wise as an owl.
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. personification
  5. onomatopoeia
Grade 7 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below.

The flowers were crying for my attention.
  1. personification
  2. simile
  3. hyperbole
  4. metaphor
  5. onomatopoeia
  6. alliteration
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