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Figures of Speech
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select an example of personification from the provided examples below.
Lightning danced across the sky.
The wind howled in the night.
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
All of the above.
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CCSS.L.6.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select the correct answer below:
The ________ of the mosquito kept her up all night.
Buzzing
Meow
Hurray!
Yippeee!
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Define the figure of speech "Hyperbole".
Is an understatement.
A comparison between like and as.
Two contrasting statements.
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which one of the following is a simile ?
Time is a thief.
This house is as clean as a whistle.
Its raining men.
I think he's about to fade off to sleep.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Discuss the definition of personification.
Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to something non-human.
Personification is giving human beings the characteristics of an animal.
Personification is the comparison between human and lifeless things.
All of the above .
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
I've told you to clean your room a million times! The sentence above is an example of a ....
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
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CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the definitions below describes "Alliteration"?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Is a conjunction in a sentence.
Agreement or harmony between people or groups.
None of the above
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CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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