Cycle 4 Challenge (Figurative Language/ Exponents/ Tone)

Read the following passage and answer the mulitple choice question.

ACT 1 SCENE 1

The play opens with two servants from the house of Capulet talking about their hatred of the Montagues. They meet two servants from the house of Montague and a fight breaks out. Benvoliotries to stop the fight but whenTybaltarrives things get worse. With his line 'As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: / Have at thee, coward!' the fight escalates until there is a huge street brawl involving both Lord Montague and Lord Capulet. The fight is eventually stopped when the Prince stops everyone saying 'On pain of torture, from those bloody hands / Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground'. He is so angry he proclaims if there is another fight Montague and Capulet shall pay the ‘forfeit’ for it with their lives. Everyone departs leaving Lord and Lady Montague talking to Benvolio about their son Romeo, who has been missing all day. Benvolio promises to find out where Romeo has been and what’s upsetting him. Romeo reveals to Benvolio that he is in love with Rosaline but she doesn’t love him in return.

Question 1: Fill in the blank.

In Act 1, Romeo displays the moods of ______ and ______ when he expresses his love for Rosaline.

• A. sorrow/loneliness

• B. happiness/joy

• C. regret/hatred

Determine the example of figurative language used in the following excerpt....

"Teacher: Mr. Jones, what are your expectations for my class...?

Student (Mr. Jones): I want to make a perfect score on all your exams, and complete all the classwork.....

Teacher: Cracks a smile...."that is kind of hard to do when you skip my class weekly..."

Student (Mr. Jones): "I can pass your class without showing up Mr. Bell!"

Teacher: "You are just as delusional as those fans who praise that team with the star on their helmet!!!"

(Select more than one answer.)

• A. Metaphor

• B. Simile

• C. Allusion

• D. Imagery

Select the answer choices that give reasons why authors might use figurative language. (Hint: There are 3 correct answers.)

• A. "To help readers imagine what they are trying to say."

• B. "To make their writing more interesting."

• C. "To give evidence."

• D. "To increase the reader's understanding of the text."

Determine the example of figurative language in the following statement....

The wedding party of bachelorettes "painted the town red" last night, with all the partying and dancing they showcased on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

• A. Alliteration

• B. Idiom

• C. Simile

Determine the example of figurative language used in the following excerpt from "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. Please focus on the underlined and the italicized statement....

In Act 1, Scene 1, line 217, Romeo says that Rosaline “hath Dian’s wit.”

"Well, you're not on target there. She refuses to be hit by Cupid's arrow, She's as clever as Diana, and shielded by the armor of chastity. She can't be touched by the weak and childish arrows of love. She won't listen to words of love, or let you look at her with loving eyes, or open her lap to receive gifts of gold. She's rich in beauty, but she's also POOf, because when she dies her beauty will be destroyed with her."

(Select more than one example of figurative language.)

• A. Metaphor

• B. Simile

• C. Allusion

• D. Imagery

My diet was going well until the new chocolate store went in down the street, chocolate is my Achilles’ heel.

• literature/mythology

• religious

• historical

The real estate agent said his new farm listing was like the Garden of Eden. 

• literature/mytology

• religious

• historical

In the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," a shepherd boy repeatedly tricks people in his village by falsely claiming that a wolf is coming to eat his flock. When a wolf actually comes and the boy cries for help, nobody believes him or comes to his aid.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Lucy warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother.

• to raise a false alarm

• to make howling sounds

Read the source of the allusion.

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the two central characters are denied their love because they belong to warring families, the Montagues and Capulets. Juliet wonders how a mere family name can make someone an enemy, observing that a rose would smell sweet no matter what its name.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Mrs. Martin decided not to argue with the name her daughter had chosen for their new kitten, figuring it was a matter of a rose by any other name.

• something so special that what it's called seems unimportant

• something that grows on you over a period of time

Just when I thought things could not get more ridiculous, Rebecca's little terrier, all dressed up in its knitted blue winter outfit, poked its head out of the pink polka dot doggy tote! The outfit was an odd sweater-and-hood combination. Perhaps Rebecca thought it flattered Fluffy's eyes. Fluffy looked around blankly, as if to ask what was so amusing.

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• bitter

• respectful

• objective

• humorous