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ELA GA Milestones Practice #8 Figurative Language
Test Description: Use this to prepare for the ELA GA Milestones Test!
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Find the correct meaning for the idiom in this sentence. Sophia was tickled pink when she won the contest.
A
She was very pleased.
B
Her friends tickled her until she turned pink.
C
Her nickname was Pinkie.
D
She was embarrassed.
2) Find the sentence that contains a metaphor.
A
He is like a soldier who used sponges as weapons.
B
In my own room, the battle against dirt has been lost.
C
He says homework doesn't have to be dull.
D
My brother's room is as clean as a hospital.
3) Which sentence contains a simile?
A
Everyone paddled together like our guide taught us to.
B
The river tossed our raft about like a rubber duck in a bathtub.
C
Rafting through rapids is a wild roller coaster ride!
D
I want to go rafting again as soon as I can!
4) In which sentence do you find personification?
A
The Statue of Liberty welcomes hopeful immigrants to America.
B
During our vacation, we camped at the Grand Canyon.
C
It is my job to feel our parakeet.
D
That dog sleeps all day and barks all night.
5) Which definition matches the idiom in this sentence? Don't try to worm your way out of it.
A
Don't burrow a tunnel in the soil.
B
Don't wiggle like a worm.
C
Don't blame it on the worm.
D
Don't try to avoid doing something.
6) Alliteration can be heard in which phrase?
A
Six geese a -laying
B
Four calling birds
C
Five golden rings
D
Seven swans a-swimming
7) Which sentence has a simile?
A
My brother needs to learn good table manners.
B
Mom was disappointed that my brother made such a mess.
C
My brother is a messy eater.
D
Mom said that my brother eats like a pig.
8) In which sentence do you find personification?
A
Mary rides her skateboard like an acrobat.
B
My trusty bike takes me everywhere I want to go.
C
Brian has walked the soles right off his shoes!
D
Juan's new scooter cost him an arm and a leg.
9) Which idiom means -to stand by in good times and in bad?
A
leave no stone unturned
B
hold your horses
C
spill the beans
D
through thick and thin
10) Which of these sentences contains alliteration? Be careful here!
A
In the morning mist, the mountains loomed above the village.
B
The elephants walked slowly by us, a parade of graceful giants.
C
The crowd cheered as Cole and Cindy finished the race together.
D
The smoke of a campfire rose lazily in the distance.
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