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Grade 6 Idiom
"It's raining cats and dogs," is an idiom that means it is raining
  1. a lot.
  2. tomorrow.
  3. cats and dogs.
  4. under the bridge.
Grade 6 Poetic Devices CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.6.5
What do the following stanzas have in common?

There was a dog named Cat.
He always wore a blue hat.

People made fun of him,
so he changed his name to Jim.
  1. They both have internal rhyme schemes
  2. They both contain examples of alliteration
  3. They both have external rhyme schemes
  4. They both contain examples of onomatopoeia
Grade 6 Figurative Language
This device has become a well-known saying from overuse and is no longer effective.
  1. Idiom
  2. Hyperbole
  3. Cliche
  4. Overstatement
Grade 6 Figurative Language
The dog said to its master, "Please drop that piece of bacon, I'm so hungry!" This is an example of:
  1. hyperbole
  2. personification
  3. simile
  4. metaphor
Grade 6 Metaphor
Which sentence describes what the sentence "this man is an ogre" means?
  1. That man is funny.
  2. That man is kind.
  3. That man is an ugly giant.
  4. That man is smart.
Grade 6 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.6.5a
What is personification?
  1. a comparison between two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles
  2. a comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another
  3. giving inanimate objects human characteristics
Grade 6 Figurative Language
"R-r-r-oof," wailed Prince Terrien, rolling his eyes skyward.
This is an example of
  1. onomatopoeia.
  2. hyperbole.
  3. personification.
  4. metaphor.
Grade 6 Personification CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.6.4, L.6.5, L.6.5a

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Which phrase from the passage is an example of personification?
  1. "Spring flirted with me today"
  2. "bitter cold drops still carrying fragments of ice"
  3. "green leaves and the gardens's brown soil"
  4. "a gift I tuck away in the drawer"
Grade 6 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.6.5a
A literary device that gives human attributes to non-human things:
  1. alliteration
  2. hyperbole
  3. personification
  4. metaphor
Grade 6 Figurative Language
I am a tiny ant in this big old world! What is this an example of?
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. onomatopoeia
  4. alliteration
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