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Paradox, Overstatement, Understatement, Oxymoron, Irony

Authored by Corey Wozniak

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Paradox, Overstatement, Understatement, Oxymoron, Irony
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an apparent contradiction which, after consideration, is (surprisingly) true.

paradox

overstatement

understatement

verbal irony

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

combination of opposite terms into single expression

Paradox

Oxymoron

Overstatement

Understatement

Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"open secret"


"only choice"


"bittersweet"


"working vacation"


"plastic glasses"

Paradox

Oxymoron

Overstatement

Understatement

Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During this COVID-19 pandemic, "alone together" has emerged as a kind of motto or slogan.


"Alone together" is an example of what?

Oxymoron

Overstatement

Understatement

Verbal Irony

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Saying more than what you really mean”


"exaggeration in the service of truth"

Paradox

Oxymoron

Overstatement

Understatement

Verbal Irony

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Yo momma jokes often rely on this literary device:


"Yo momma's so fat and old when God said, 'Let there be light,' he asked your mother to move out of the way."

Paradox

Oxymoron

Overstatement

Understatement

Verbal Irony

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Saying LESS than what one means”

Paradox

Oxymoron

Overstatement

Understatement

Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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