Figurative Language

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English
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8th - 12th Grade
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Sonal Bhatia
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21 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which one of these is considered a pun?
This is a piece of cake
It was like taking candy from a baby
Kings worry about receding heir line
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CCSS.L.8.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
You speak so loud that every citizen of this nation can hear you.
Which figure of speech is it?
Hyperbole
simile
Pun
Onomatopoeia
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CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT an example of an oxymoron?
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
The professor stated his unbiased opinion.
He has become an extremely unpopular celebrity.
It looks like the same difference to me.
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CCSS.L.9-10.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
To everyone's surprise, the firehouse burned to the ground.
Which figure of speech is this?
Paradox
Litotes
Irony
Antithesis
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true.
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Irony
Paradox
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
8. Customer: "Do you have any samples of the new Versace cologne?"
Salesman: "Yes! We have a ton of those in the back. Let me go get you some."
Litote
Climax
Hyperbole
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The brazen boy laughed defiantly at the corpse in the casket."
Personification
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
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CCSS.L.9-10.5A
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