Grade 6 · English language arts
This quiz helps revise “Figurative language” in English language arts for grade 6. It has 25 questions in five categories: Ways to compare, Sound play, More than real, Symbols and senses, Picture the idiom. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
In "Her smile was like sunshine," what kind of comparison uses "like"?
In "My backpack was a boulder on my shoulders," what does the image suggest about its weight?
In "The playground was…
In the gameA writer explains a…
In the gameA poem treats a…
In the gameWhat do "light" and "night" make when their endings sound alike?
What device repeats the first sound in "silver snakes slide"?
What device uses a…
In the gameThe long o sound…
In the gameThe final k sound…
In the gameIn "The leaves danced across the path," what figure gives leaves a human action?
In "I have told you a million times," what device uses an impossible exaggeration?
After a huge snowstorm…
In the gameWhat do we call…
In the gameA saying like "less…
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This bird often appears on posters calling for an end to war. What ideal does it represent?
This bird is linked to Athena in Greek myth. What quality does it often represent?
When this object appears…
In the game"Warm bread smelled of…
In the gameWhat do we call…
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The picture acts out which idiom for a very easy task?
The picture acts out which idiom for revealing a secret?
The picture acts out…
In the gameThe picture acts out…
In the gameThe picture acts out…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.