Figurative Language in The Highwayman

"His face burned like a brand" is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Tlot, tlot, tlot" is an example of...

• imagery

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Language that means more than what is says on the surface" is the definition of ..

• figurative language

• fact

• opinion

• biography

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A comparison using word 'like' or 'as'. Usually a comparison of two unlike things.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

It is a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The use of word that mimic sounds

• hyperbole

• repetition

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate (non-human) objects

• simile

• personification

• repetition

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which figurative language technique is used in the line 'The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

In 'The Highwayman', which line is an example of personification?

• A) 'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas'

• B) 'The road was a ribbon of moonlight'

• C) 'The wind was a torrent of darkness'

• D) 'The hours crawled by like years'

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the effect of the repetition of 'riding—riding—riding' in the poem?

• A) It creates a sense of urgency and movement

• B) It emphasizes the loneliness of the highwayman

• C) It highlights the beauty of the night

• D) It suggests the passage of time

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4