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A Christmas Carol: Figurative Language

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8th Grade

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A Christmas Carol: Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

1. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence, "Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.."?

personification
simile
metaphor
pun

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

2. What is the meaning of the figurative language used in question 1? 1. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence, "Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.."?

It was used to inform the reader that without a reasonable doubt, Marley was dead.
It means that Marley became a doornail after his death.
It was used to persuade the readers that doornails are dead.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

3. Background Information: Shakespeare wrote a play called, "Hamlet" in which Hamlet sees the ghost of a his dead father. What type of figurative language is being used by Charles Dickens when he writes, "If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts..."

simile
allusion
irony
hyperbole

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

4. Choose the type of figurative language that is used in the following excerpt, "The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff bell was always peeping slyly down at Scrooge out of a Gothic window in the wall, became invisible, and struck the hours and quarters in the clouds, with tremulous vibrations afterwards as if its teeth were chattering in its frozen head up there." Select all that apply.

alliteration
dramatic irony
personification
pun

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

5. Choose two types of figurative language that is used in the following excerpt, "At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!"

Personification
Hyperbole
Situational Irony

anaphora

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

1. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence, "The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune."

personification
metaphor
hyperbole

anaphora

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

2. What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence, "He was endeavoring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes, when the chimes of a neighboring church struck the four quarters."

personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile

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