Part 2 Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A statement that contradicts itself is the definition of which term?

• irony

• oxymoron

• juxtaposition

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

An inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one is the definition of what term?

• inversion

• hyperbole

• foreshadowing

• euphemism

• flashback

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Witty language used to convey insults or scorn is the definition of which term?

• parody

• personification

• pun

• repetition

• sarcasm

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A transition in a story to an earlier event or scene is the definition of what term?

• inversion

• hyperbole

• foreshadowing

• euphemism

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Using part of something to refer to the whole thing is the definition of which term?

• satire

• simile

• synecdoche

• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Conjoined contradictory terms is the definition of which term?

• irony

• oxymoron

• juxtaposition

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A humorous play on words is the definition of which term?

• parody

• personification

• pun

• repetition

• sarcasm

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The act of positioning close together is the definition of which term?

• irony

• oxymoron

• juxtaposition

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things is the definition of which term?

• satire

• simile

• synecdoche

• symbolism

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D