Figurative Language Practice
Authored by Alexandria Ellis
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Write a simile.
Definition: A comparison using like or as.
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Write a metaphor.
A comparison of two unlike things or a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Write an example using personification.
Definition: Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or objects.
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CCSS.L.6.5A
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Write an example using allusion.
Definition: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. A historical reference or reference to something outside of the topic.
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CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Write a pun.
Definition: A pun, also known as paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
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CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Write an oxymoron.
Definition: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
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CCSS.L.9-10.5A
7.
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15 mins • 1 pt
Write an example of situational irony.
Definition: when the outcome is the opposite or completely different from what was expected
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CCSS.L.8.5A
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