Figurative Language/ Jabari Unmasked/ We Wear the Mask Quiz

Which figurative language is this an example of:

"Cue to convince"

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Cliche

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a comparison using like or as and a simile is a comparison that doesn't use like or as.

• A metaphor is a comparison that doesn't use like or as and a simile is a comparison that does use like or as.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which figurative language is this an example of?

"It may disguise our fears, but also hides."

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

T/F: A Hyperbole is NOT an exaggerated statement.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following quotes best describes why people wear masks?

• "This debt we pay to human guile." (Line 3)

• "Why should we be over-wise/ In counting all our tears and sighs? (Lines 6-7)

• "O great Christ our cries/ To thee from tortured souls arise" (Lines 10-11)

• "We sing, but oh the clay is vile/ Beneath our feet and long the mile."(Lines 12-13)

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why must the people (the "we" mentioned) wear the mask?

• The people wear the mask to protect their faces and themselves.

• The people wear the mask because they are told to by the larger society

• The people wear the mask to keep their identities a secret.

• The people wear the mask to hide their suffering.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

What does the word "myriad" mean?

• Four or five of something.

• A countless or very large number of something.

• A marina.

• The ocean.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the phrase "our color works to camouflage our/ character and promise- at least, in certain eyes" mean as it is used in the poem? (Lines 15-16)

• The speaker wears dark colors in hopes of blending in.

• People misjudge the speaker because of the color of their skin.

• People underestimate the speaker because of their young age.

• The speaker hides their talents out of fear of what others will think of them.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which statement best identifies "Jabari Unmasked's"main theme?

• People of color may feel that they have no outlet to express their emotions.

• People of color may remain silent out of fear of speaking up for themselves.

• People of color may hide their true selves out of fear of disappointing others.

• People of color may feel forced to hide their true selves in a judgmental world.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Which of these would be a synonym for despise?

• Love

• Hate

• Nonchalant

• Poetic

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4