Imaginative Comparison

An expression in which a part stands for the whole is known as a 

• simile
• synecdoche
• metonymy
• personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An allegory is a complex form of

• personification
• simile
• extended metaphor
• metonymy

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An extended metaphor in which the characters, incidents, and situations have a meaning beyond the literal level of the narrative is called a/an

• symbol
• allegory
• analogy
• metonymy

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In "What Stumped the Bluejays," what does Mark Twain use most often to create humor?

• simile
• extended metaphor
• synecdoche
• personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Literature that directly addresses an object, abstraction, or absent person illustrates

• personification
• paradox
• apostrophe
• metonymy

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the statement "The red squirrel chirred," the word chirred is an example of

• personification
• metonymy
• synecdoche
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

an expression in which a related thing stands for the things itself

• metonymy
• personification
• synecdoche
• theme

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

when a speaker or writer directly addresses an absent person, abstraction, or inanimate object

• apostrophe
• cacophony
• conceit
• euphony

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the use of words whose sounds are pleasant and musical to the ear

• apostrophe
• cacophony
• conceit
• euphony

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

giving human characteristics to something that is not human

• metonymy
• personification
• synecdoche
• theme

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4