English is Funny...Oxymoron, what’s that?

English is Funny...Oxymoron, what’s that?

Professional Development

8 Qs

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English is Funny...Oxymoron, what’s that?

English is Funny...Oxymoron, what’s that?

Assessment

Quiz

English

Professional Development

Hard

CCSS
L.9-10.5A, L.8.5A, L.1.6

+3

Standards-aligned

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do you call a cold fire?

Warm Blaze

Fire Chill

Fiery Freeze

Icy Inferno

Answer explanation

Shakespeare often used oxymorons like “cold fire” to express confused emotion.

Also, cold fire (plural cold fires) is a low-temperature flame, that is unlikely to set furnishings alight or burn flesh in incidental contact; frequently used for indoor pyrotechnic entertainment devices

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What's the opposite of a peaceful riot?

Loud Calm

Tranquil Turmoil

Quiet Uproar

Serene Siege

Answer explanation

A Peaceful Riot is a Nonviolent resistance (NVR), or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do you get when you mix a vicious vegetable and a friendly fruit?

Rotten Tomato

Ruthless Raspberry

Nasty Apple

Fierce Melon

Answer explanation

An especially repellent, undesirable, or unpleasant person or thing.

This term is also used to describe a very bad and boring movie/show

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A ​ ______ is the biggest size that you can find in this supermarket

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do you get when you cross a sweet sorrow and a bitter joy?

Sugarcoated Pain

Bittersweet Happiness

Sour Bliss

Happy Heartache

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What's the opposite of a false truth?

Honest Deception

Real Lie

Genuine Fabrication

True Falsehood

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What's the name of a working vacation?

Busy Holiday

Toiling Relaxation

Productive Rest

Laborious Leisure

Answer explanation

Spending more time resting and less time actively engaged in work not only boosts creativity and the ability to problem-solve, but it also makes the time actually spent on work more efficien

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do you call an original copy?

Unique Duplicate

One-of-a-kind Replica

First Imitation

Genuine Facsimile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A