Metaphor Analysis

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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
Margaret Anderson
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8 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
A metaphor is...
A literal comparison between two things
A figurative comparison between two unlike things for effect
A figurative comparison using "like" or "as"
A commonly used expression
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
An extended metaphor...
Puts multiple metaphors together
Combines a metaphor with a simile
Analyzes the purpose/effect of metaphors
Develops a single metaphor over multiple lines
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the extended metaphor:
None of these options
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the extended metaphor:
"My mom is a hero. My dad is a zero"
"My house is a circus. We kids are monkeys bouncing around with no purpose, tightrope walkers balancing on the back legs of chairs, we fly like trapeze artists up and down the stairs"
I wanna get married, like the Currys, Steph and Ayesha sh--/
But we more like Belly, Tommy and Keisha sh--/
Gave you TLC, you wanna creep and sh--
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Identify the original comparison:
Hope to a song
A song to "a thing with feathers"
Birds to crumbs
Hope to a bird
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why would a writer choose to extend a metaphor?
To draw a clearer comparison and help the reader visualize
To confuse the reader
To compare to unlike things without explanation
To make the reader come to his/her own conclusions
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"Time is an endless roller-coaster ride: it stops for no one, and it keeps going round and round. Sometimes it feels fast, and sometimes it slows down." What is the original metaphor here?
A roller-coaster and endless
Time and a roller-coaster
A ride and a roller-coaster
A person and time
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"Time is an endless roller-coaster ride: it stops for no one, and it keeps going round and round. Sometimes it feels fast, and sometimes it slows down." What is the FIRST line that makes this metaphor extended?
"An endless roller coaster ride"
"It stops for no one"
"It keeps going round and round"
"Sometimes it feels fast"
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