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Grade 8 Simile CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5

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"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?
  1. Personification
  2. Simile
  3. Oxymoron
  4. Paradox
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER
  1. to follow the rules
  2. to not make assumptions about someone
  3. when something is done and over with
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

OPEN BOOK
  1. to not judge someone based on their appearance
  2. to follow the rules
  3. someone who shares everything about their lives
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

TAKE A PAGE OUT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S BOOK
  1. to do what someone else would do
  2. to not make assumptions about someone
  3. to like someone
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

CLOSED CHAPTER
  1. a typical and dishonest action
  2. when something is done and over with
  3. to follow the rules
Grade 8 Figurative Language
Tyrone's basketball skills LEAVE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

The phrase in all caps is a euphemism for
  1. are bad.
  2. are great.
  3. win games.
  4. are improving.
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

READ SOMEONE LIKE A BOOK
  1. a typical and dishonest action
  2. to copy someone else's idea
  3. someone who shares everything about their lives
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK
  1. a typical and dishonest action
  2. to follow the rules
  3. someone who shares everything about their lives
Grade 8 Idiom
What is the meaning of the idiom?

GOOD IN SOMEONE'S BOOK
  1. to copy someone else's idea
  2. to like someone
  3. to follow the rules
Grade 8 Personification CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5

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"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary device?
  1. Simile
  2. Personification
  3. Metaphor
  4. Paradox
Grade 8 Figurative Language
Identify the type of figurative language.

I am so thirsty my throat is as dry as a bone.
  1. alliteration
  2. personification
  3. simile
  4. metaphor
Grade 8 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.7, CCRA.L.5, RL.8.7, L.8.5, L.8.5a
Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?
  1. A mother expects her children to do well in school and they make the honor roll.
  2. A man meets his long-lost son and the reader knows it, but he doesn't.
  3. A little girl can see the future and predicts a storm is going to come.
  4. A teacher tells her students they did well on a test, but actually they all failed.
Grade 8 Figurative Language
Comparing objects or ideas by stating that one is the other is called:
  1. Personification
  2. Rhyme
  3. Repetition
  4. Simile
  5. Alliteration
  6. Hyperbole
  7. Onomatopoeia
  8. Metaphor
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