Figurative Devices

Which sentence has an example of an onomatopoeia?

• The trees waved at the passing joggers.

• You are being such a Grinch.

• And boom goes the dynamite.

• Devin's demands don't dictate the day's duties.

Which sentence is an example of an allusion?

• You are being such a Grinch.

• She is a ferocious lioness when it comes to her children.

• The drawing is pretty ugly.

• He brought a black rose to the funeral.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sentence is an example of an oxymoron?

• The ray of light appeared through the night sky.

• I know that I know nothing

• My piece of pizza is hotter than a thousand suns.

• The drawing is pretty ugly.

Which sentence is an example of juxtaposition?

• Devin's demands don't dictate the day's duties.

• The ray of light appeared through the night sky.

• I know that I know nothing.

• The trees waved at the passing joggers.

Which is an example of personification?

• My piece of pizza is hotter than a thousand suns.

• The drawing is pretty ugly.

• He brought a black rose to the funeral.

• The trees waved at the passing joggers.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sentence is an example of hyperbole?

• My piece of pizza is hotter than a thousand suns.

• The drawing is pretty ugly.

• You are being such a Grinch.

• She is a ferocious lioness when it comes to her children.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sentence is an example of a paradox?

• The ray of light appeared through the night sky.

• I know that I know nothing.

• And boom goes the dynamite.

• The trees waved at the passing joggers.

Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?

• She is a ferocious lioness when it comes to her children.

• And boom goes the dynamite.

• He brought a black rose to the funeral.

• You are being such a Grinch.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sentence is an example of symbolism?

• The cat is pretty ugly.

• The trees waved at the passing joggers.

• He brought a black rose to the funeral.

• I know that I know nothing.

Which sentence is an example of alliteration?

• And boom goes the dynamite.

• My piece of pizza is hotter than a thousand suns.

• The drawing is pretty ugly.

• Devin's demands don't dictate the day's duties.