Poetic Terms and Figurative Language
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English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the simile.
The clouds were like fluffy cotton candy in the sky.
The clouds were dark and threatened to rain.
She liked to look up at the sky and imagine the cloud shapes being familiar objects.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
When it started raining, Sara said, "That's perfect, I mean who wants to come to the beach on a sunny day?"
You are the sun in my sky.
It is too hot to go outside. The sun could melt our skin.
The sun greeted me each morning with warmth.
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the sentence 'The trees danced in the wind', what figurative language technique is being used?
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
Personification
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of hyperbole?
C) Your hands are as cold as ice.
A) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
B) The cat flew to the moon.
D) I must be cruel in order to be kind.
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a pun?
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
a seemingly absurb or self-contradictory statement that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
A pun is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
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CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of euphemism for someone who has died?
He's deader than a doornail.
He kicked the bucket.
She bit the dust at the age of 90.
He was laid to rest yesterday.
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of allusion?
A pessimist's blood type is always B-negative.
She's as slow as a turtle.
It is getting late, she better hurry home before she turns into a pumpkin.
People who can't trust cannot be trusted.
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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