Figurative Language, pp. 45-47

What is the definition of oxymoron?

• adjective-and-noun combination that seems contradictory

• striking details that evoke mental images

• comparison of two unlike things

• making a comparison using like or as

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of the following is an oxymoron? (select all that apply)

• jumbo shrimp

• meager abundance

• like a glove

• whispering wind

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which of the following IS NOT a figure of speech?

• thesis statement

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following are figures of speech (select all that apply):

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Identify this figure of speech:

He is a shining star.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which of the following are examples of personification? (Select all that apply)

• Lightning danced across the sky.

• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• The wind was like an alarm.

• Writing is simple all you have to do is sit at your typewriter and bleed.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the figurative language used in the phrase, "There's enough food on the table to feed an entire army."

• hyperbole

• personification

• parallelism

• antithesis

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What are the characteristics of juxtaposition (select all that apply):

• must be two things

• closely placed together

• draws a contrast

• using like or as

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Identify the type of figurative language in the following phrases:

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

• parallelism

• hyperbole

• juxtaposition

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Identify the characteristics of parallelism (select all that apply):

• repetition of grammatical elements

• impacts grammar structure and meaning

• creates emphasis

• creates contrast

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5