English 11 Figurative Language Quiz

Identify the paradox. 

• She is an awfully good singer.
• The blank page stared back at me.
• It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
• They danced in the moonlight. 

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which sentence is using simile ? Pick 2 if you can.

• When your barber is done, you'll feel like a million dollars.

• Ms. Dukes is as smart as Albert Einstein!

• When the barber is done you'll be a million dollars.

• Ms. Dukes is Albert Einstein!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Why would a writer use juxtaposition?

• To surprise the reader

• To create startling contrasts between two objects or ideas

• To control the pacing of a text

• To add a sense of musicality

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Juxtaposition is...

• The figurative comparison between two unlike things

• Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast

• A position on the football field

• What readers do when they compare and contrast

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A robbery at a police station would be an example of which type of irony? 

• Verbal
• Dramatic
• Situational
• None of the Above

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What's an example of verbal irony?

• Chanting, "You're an awesome athlete!" to an Olympian
• Saying, "Good job!" to someone who just rear ended a car
• When the sun is shining and the birds are singing, you say, "Nice weather we're having, right?"
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.8.5A

What is Dramatic Irony

• When one thing is expected and the opposite happens

• When, we, the readers know what is going to happen but the characters do not.

• When one thing is said but the opposite is meant

• Sarcasm

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which is NOT a type of irony?

• situational
• momentous
• dramatic
• verbal

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move, but the audience is aware

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• not ironic

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

what is an example of metaphor

• you are like an elephant

• you are like a lion

• you are fire

• I don´t know

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D