Story of an Hour: Figurative Language

Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble...

• 1. Simile

• 2. Oxymoron

• 3. Hyperbole

• 4. Foreshadowing

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When the storm of grief had spent itself...

• 1.  Oxymoron
• 2.  Metaphor
• 3.  Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

• 1. Assonance

• 2. Alliteration

• 3. Oxymoron

• 4. Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The delicious breath of rain was in the air.

• 1. Oxymoron

• 2. Metaphor

• 3. Alliteration

• 4. Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

...as a child who has cried itself to sleep...

• 1. Simile

• 2. Metaphor

• 3. Imagery

• 4. Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents

• 1. Oxymoron

• 2. Metaphor

• 3. Alliteration

• 4. Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

...she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory.

• 1. Assonance

• 2. Hyperbole

• 3. Simile

• 4. Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

monstrous joy

• 1. Oxymoron

• 2. Metaphor

• 3. Alliteration

• 4. Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In paragraph 2, the word veiled means -

"It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing."

• A unclear

• B improper

• C eager

• D obvious

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In paragraph 3, the author uses a metaphor to emphasize -

"When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone."

• A the imagery of the setting

• B how much Mrs. Mallard will miss her husband

• C how quickly Mrs. Mallard got over her husband’s death

• D the intensity of Mrs. Mallard’s pain

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4