Figurative Language - Quiz

Words that are used together and start with the same consonant sound

• Antithesis

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Anaphora

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

A quick reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from historic, cultural, political, or literary importance

• Apostrophe

• Analogy

• Anaphora

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A comparison between two comparable things; more of a direct and literal comparison than a metaphor or simile

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The repetition of part of a sentence, usually the beginning of the sentence

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Irony

Two opposite ideas put together to bring out the contrasting ideas; usually written in a parallel grammatical structure

• Metonymy

• Antithesis

• Synecdoche

• Juxtaposition

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

In literature, an ________ is used when someone speaks directly to someone who is not there, someone who is dead, to an inanimate object, or abstract idea.

• Apostrophe

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Match the following

• Assonance

• A word or phrase used in place of something unpleasant or even offensive

• Juxtaposition

• An over-exaggeration to the point of being impossible

• Hyperbole

• The repetition of vowel sounds

• Euphemism

• The use of a related term to stand in for the actual name of an object or concept.

• Metonymy

• When two things are put side by side to emphasize the contrast between the two

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Match the following

• Oxymoron

• A word that imitates the sound it is describing.

• Personification

• When a thing - animal, inanimate object, abstract idea - is given human qualities.

• Onomatopoeia

• When the speaker says something that is different than what they mean, in a way to amuse and harm someone or a group of people (in society) at the same time.

• Sarcasm

• A play on words to produce a humorous effect. Uses words that have two or more meanings, or words that sound similar but have different meanings

• Pun

• A phrase of two opposite words joined together, usually an adjective and noun

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

An implicit, implied, or even hidden comparison between two unrelated things that share some characteristics in common

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

​ ​ ​ (a)   is a type of metonymy, where a part of something is used to reference the whole thing

• Synecdoche
• Juxtaposition
• Apostrophe
• Metonymy

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4