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figure of speech

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things.

simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.

simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

These parts of speech uses words or phrases to contradict themselves.

simile/metaphor
oxymoron/paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This figure of speech compares two unlike things using like or as to help make the comparison.

simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"The night is a big, black cat" is an example of 

simile
metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A figure of speech is...

a familiar expression
a non-literal way of saying something
what the author literally means
something only writers use

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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