Exam Review

I'm so upset. I could cry a river.

This statement is an example of ​ ​ (a)  

• hyperbole
• oxymoron
• simile
• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Nobody goes to Bob's Diner anymore. It's too crowded.

This is an example of a/an ​ (a)  

• paradox
• oxymoron
• allusion
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The reader suspects something sinister is about to happen in "The Mask of the Red Death" when the clock strikes midnight.

This is an example of ​ ​ (a)  

• foreshadowing
• paradox
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"I slept but did not sleep."

This is an example of ​ ​ (a)  

• juxtaposition
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

My heart was thumping like a drum.

This is an example of a/an ​ (a)  

• simile
• metaphor
• paradox
• personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

You okay, Pa. You look tuckered out.

This is an example of ​ (a)  

• dialect
• personification
• internal characterization
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Jerry is trying to eat healthy, but pizza is his kryptonite.

This is an example of ​ (a)  

• allusion
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

The wind sang quite the lullaby last night.

This is an example of ​ (a)  

• personification
• metaphor
• synecdoche
• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

The crystal blue water formed airy white foam as it tossed onto the copper shore.

This is an example of ​ (a)  

• imagery
• allusion
• allegory
• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Cleats, why are choosing the championship game to blow out.

This is an example of ​ (a)  

• apostrophe
• imagery
• hyperbole
• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4