The Most Dangerous Game Figurative Language

What figurative language can be found in this line: “giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws”?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile and personification

• simile

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“He lived a year in a minute” is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"and on three sides of it cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the shadows" ... is an example of...

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is the best example of foreshadowing in this story?

• The fact that Rainsford smokes a pipe foreshadows his death.

• The fact that Ivan is mute foreshadows his background.

• Whitney's tales of Ship-Trap Island foreshadow the danger present there.

• Rainsford's construction of the traps foreshadows that he is an expert hunter.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'The night was as black as pitch'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In 'The Most Dangerous Game', which figurative language device is used in the description 'The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Alliteration

• D) Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language is evident in the phrase 'The jungle was a living nightmare'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the figurative language in 'The wind screamed through the trees'.

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the figurative language used in 'The island was a fortress'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the line 'The moonlight danced on the water', which figurative language is used?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9