QUIZ 1: FIGURES OF SPEECH

This one of the two distinct types of language that uses the ‌actual‌ meanings of words or phrases in their exact sense.

• Figurative Language

• Body Language

• Literal Language

• Colloquial language

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This one of the two distinct types of language that involves words or expressions that carry meaning but are not strictly true in a literal sense.

• Literal Language

• Body Language

• Tactile Language

• Figurative Language

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the literal meaning of this figurative statement: My grandmother has a green thumb.

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  The speaker's grandmother had a green-painted thumb.

  
  

• The grandmother of the speaker injured her thumb, causing it to become green.

  
  

• The speaker's grandmother is skilled or talented in gardening.

• The speaker's grandmother's thumb is naturally green in color.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which among the following is an example of a figurative language?

• They sky is pale blue with few clouds.

• Mark was so late to dinner.

• I ate so much that my tummy's aching.

• Sunshine scared me to death!

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What figure of speech is being depicted in the image?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Irony

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Using hyperbole, how would you let your friend know that you are starving?

• "I'm as hungry as a bear coming out of hibernation.”

• "I feel like I haven't had a meal in decades.”

• “I’m so hungry, I could eat a bowl of rice"

• "I can eat twice the amount of my normal meal!"

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

HYPERBOLE

MEANING: A deliberate downplaying of a situation to create humor.

EXAMPLE: I walked a billion miles to be here.

• The MEANING is CORRECT, while the EXAMPLE is INCORRECT

• The MEANING is INCORRECT, while the EXAMPLE is CORRECT

• BOTH meaning and example are CORRECT

• BOTH meaning and example are INCORRECT

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

This type of figure of speech compares two dissimilar things using “like” or “as.”

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Paradox

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What figure of speech is being depicted in the image?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Irony

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Personification is assigning human attributes to nonhuman things. It is an intentional exaggeration used to emphasize, create a sense of urgency, or add excitement to a statement.

• The FIRST statement is FALSE, while the SECOND statement is TRUE

• The FIRST statement is TRUE, while the SECOND statement is FALSE

• Both statements are FALSE

• Both statements are TRUE

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4