Allusions and Euphemisms

Match the specific rhetorical choices to the correct category: Biblical references are

• Figurative Language

• Allusions

• Syntax

• Logic and Organization

• Diction

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the specific rhetorical choices to the correct category: Euphemisms are

• Figurative Language

• Allusion

• Syntax

• Logic and Organization

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"He's gone to a better place" is an example of:

• Paradox

• Euphemism

• Historical allusion

• Literary allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which type of allusion is being used in the phrase "He was a real Romeo with the ladies"?

• Historical allusion

• Literary allusion

• Pop culture allusion

• Biblical allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

She's gone to a better place is a euphemism for....

• She's dead

• She's in Mexico

• She has got a promotion

• She's travelling the worl

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

'kick the bucket' is the euphemism for?

• not waste water

• die one day

• get golden opportunity

• play football

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

I'm going to have to let you go.

• Pun

• Imagery

• Euphemism

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is a euphemism?

• A type of monkey

• When you try to be nice but are still mean

• Using an indirect phrase in place of an offensive one

• you phem is m

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Euphemism makes the bad things seem good, the negative situations look like positive, the unnatural can look natural, the unpleasant can become attractive, or at least tolerable.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

In the statement "He's pushing up daisies," what type of literary device is being used?

• Paradox

• Biblical allusion

• Mythological allusion

• Euphemism