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Grade 4 Personification CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5
What type of figurative language is in the following quote from Anna Meyer's "The Keeping Room"?

"The fog of sleep wraps around me."
  1. personification
  2. simile
  3. metaphor
  4. hyperbole
Grade 4 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.4.4, L.4.5, L.4.5b

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What is the meaning of make heads or tails?
  1. To figure out
  2. To flip a coin
  3. To go crazy
  4. To run a race
Grade 4 Metaphor
What two words are being compared in the following sentence?

The fireworks were a lantern in the sky.
  1. fireworks and lantern
  2. fireworks and sky
  3. lantern and sky
Grade 4 Metaphor
Choose the best ending for the metaphor below:

Jon is so fast! Jon is a                .
  1. rocket
  2. car
  3. lion
Grade 4 Idiom
What does the following idiom mean?

You are the apple of my eye.
  1. Eating apples improves your health.
  2. You were hit in the eye with an apple.
  3. Refers to someone that is well loved.
  4. Refers to someone that is hated by many.
Grade 4 Simile
Choose the best ending for the simile:

Kendra isn't feeling well and her face is pale. She is as pale as...
  1. a black and white penguin
  2. a ghost
  3. a bucket of sand
Grade 4 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5
During the Science 9 Weeks Exam, Katrina commented that the test was a "piece of cake" Explain what she meant in that statement.

"That test was a piece of cake!"

                     The test was easy!                     
Grade 4 Onomatopoeia CCSS: RF.4.4, RF.4.4b
List three examples of onomatopoeia.
Grade 4 Metaphor
Choose the best ending to the metaphor below:

Mike is so funny! Mike is a                .
  1. cartoon
  2. clown
  3. friend
Grade 4 Poetic Devices
How do you know you are most likely reading a poem?
  1. It will include a simile.
  2. It will include paragraphs.
  3. It will rhyme.
  4. It will be written using lines and stanzas.
Grade 4 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5
What do we call a playful use of language?
  1. idiom
  2. idiot
  3. sphere
  4. sentence
Grade 4 Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is used in the line "Sally sorts seashells on the seashore"?
  1. hyperbole
  2. alliteration
  3. simile
  4. metaphor
Grade 4 Figurative Language

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The title of the poem "My Bed is a Boat" is an example of a
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. onomatopoeia
Grade 4 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5
"That game was dynamite!" is an example of a                .
  1. simile
  2. personification
  3. onomatopoeia
  4. metaphor
Grade 4 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5
"I've told you not to do that a million times!" is an example of                .
  1. personification
  2. simile
  3. metaphor
  4. hyperbole
Grade 4 Figurative Language
"The moonbeams showered me with love" is an example of                .
  1. metaphor
  2. hyperbole
  3. simile
  4. personification
Grade 4 Figurative Language

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The first line of the poem "My Bed is a Boat" says "My bed is like a little boat." This is an example of a
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. personification
Grade 4 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5, L.4.5b
What is the phrase, "I have butterflies in my stomach" an example of?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Idiom
  3. Simile
  4. A Noun
Grade 4 Metaphor CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.4.5
A                compares one thing by speaking about it as if it were something else.
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. personification
  4. hyperbole
Grade 4 Figurative Language
"My feet are killing me." is an example of                .
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. hyperbole
  4. personification
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