Humor Devices
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
When two opposing words are placed side by side to create an effect. For example: pretty ugly, civil war, awfully good.
Simile
Theme
Setting
Oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What is the term for a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor?
Irony
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
A type of poem
Sarcasm or the opposite of what is really meant
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Imagine you are going to a fitness center to work out. You see a person choosing to use the elevator to reach the gym located on the second floor instead of taking the stairs. What would you call this situation?
Personification
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Answer explanation
When the situation is contray to what we would expect. For instance, seeing a person take an escalator to the gym door instead of walking up the stairs.
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Imagine you are at a dinner party. One of the guests, who has just finished a large steak, exclaims, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." What type of irony would this situation be an example of?
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Exaggeration; stretching the truth for humor or suspense.
Theme
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.8.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the term for a humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing?
Parody
Satire
Irony
Pun
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
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