An example of parallelism is...?

I like to jog, bake, paint, and watch movies.

I like jogging, painting, and to watch a movie.

The student often talked in class, that he bullied other students, and rarely finished his homework.

The company is looking to hire someone that is friendly, organized, and going to arrive to work on time.

Figurative language is...

metaphors, similes, allusions, and going beyond the literal meaning of the words to give new insights while reading.

creates imagery with clear and direct descriptions.

creates imagery without the use of imagination or exaggeration.

syntax, structure, variation, rules, and semantics

An example of concrete language is...

The girl with long brown hair reached over the chair to get her book.

The toast jumped out of the toaster when it dinged.

I raced across the quad like a cheetah on a serengeti.

My head was spinning with the new details of the crime scene.

Concrete language includes what of the following?

clear, direct descriptions of imagery

it appeals to the senses of the reader with specific devices.

uses figures of speech to persuade, be more effective, and impact the reader.

Choose an example of imagery.

I felt like the flowers were waving hello.

I went to to the mall to get my dress.

My mom told me to wash the dishes.

An example of a metaphor is...

Joy will have a heart of stone if I do not turn in my assignments on time.

Hercules, my dog, was named after the Greek demi-god because they both have giant muscles.

Harry has a scar in the shape of a lightening bolt.

Professor Snape stared me down like the Slytherin snake that he is.

An example of a simile is...

Harry Potter often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.

Buckbeak is a good hippogriff, he always cleaned his feathers.

Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had twice the amount of neck, craning over garden fences, spying on people.

An example of a hyperbole

Girrll! I just wanna have a good night!

My aunt loves a good cup of tea.

The seal whipped past the shark.

exaggeration or an overstatement

when all the letters match for each word.

using the words like or as to describe something.

a word that goes beyond the literal meaning of a phrase.

What is a onomatopoeia?

when the word represents the sound it makes.

when a word represents how a person would behave.

when a word represents a picture

When a word represents a deeper meaning.

What is an example of an idiom?

My aunt slipped on the pavement with a thwack!

Literary Terms

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English

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9th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

L.3.5A, L.4.5, L.11-12.5A

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stop singing said Sally.

concrete language

Alliteration

metaphor

tongue twister

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

syntax

Stanza

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An elephant represents the Republican party.

Concrete language

metaphor

personification

symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an example of personification?

The sky darkened as the rain poured down.

The goat drank thirstily all the water from the pail.

The giraffe stretched up to reach the tastiest leaves on the tree.

The sun smiled down upon us.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the word echoes the sound it represents...

alliteration

hyperbole

onomatopoeia

syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which answer is not an allusion or a brief reference to a real person or place?

Chocolate cake is my "!Achille's heel"!

He's a cool guy, but he becomes a "lovesick" Romeo every time he is around her.

I followed him into the Westlake mall like a puppy dog.

Why are you always such a Scrooge? It doesn't cost much and it will be fun!

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Isn't it wonderful when people forget your birthday?

romantic irony

situational irony

Verbal irony

dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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Literary Terms

20 questions

Stop singing said Sally.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

An elephant represents the Republican party.

What is an example of personification?

When the word echoes the sound it represents...

Which answer is not an allusion or a brief reference to a real person or place?

Isn't it wonderful when people forget your birthday?

A pickpocket gets his own pocket picked is an example of...?

A girl in the horror film hides in the closet where the killer just went (the audience knows the killer is there, but she does not.

An example of parallelism is...?

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