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Figurative Language/Use of Language

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9th - 11th Grade

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Figurative Language/Use of Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What do you call language that is slang or informal, such as giving someone a "guilt trip" or getting something "messed up."

abstract
concrete
colloquialism
ambiguity

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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metaphor

synecdoche

apostrophe

metonymy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What do you call the strategy of placing items side by side for dramatic effect - often to emphasize a crucial contrast.

juxtaposition
satire
metonymy
hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

understatement
hyperbole
metaphor
metonymy

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

euphemism
hyberbole
apostrophe
oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

euphemism
colloquialism
ambiguity
oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

jargon
concrete language
colloquialism
paradox

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

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