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Language techniques
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a simile?
A technique that names a person or thing as something else
A technique to compare one thing to another using 'like' or 'as'
A metaphor giving human feelings to an object
Words that sound the same as they are written
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a metaphor?
A technique that names a person thing or action as something else
A phrase that combines to opposing ideas
Language that is intended to create an emotional response
Obvious exaggeration to create an effect
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a hyperbole?
A metaphor giving human feelings to an object
Words that sound the same as they are written
Obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect
a technique that compares one thing with another using 'like' or 'as'
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is personification?
Combining two or more opposing phrases
A metaphor giving human feelings to an object
Language that tries to create an emotional response
When emotions are given to a setting, object or weather
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is pathetic fallacy?
A metaphor giving human feelings to an object
Obvious exaggeration
Comparing one thing with another using 'like' or 'as'
Where emotions are given to a setting, object or weather
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
Language intended to create an emotional response
Words that sound the same as they are written
A technique that names a person, thing or action as something else
Obvious exaggeration for effect
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an oxymoron?
A phrase combining two or more opposing phrases
A technique that compares one thing with another using 'like' or 'as'
Words that sound the same as they are written
Where emotions are given to a setting, object or weather
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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