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Shakespeare Figurative Language

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Shakespeare Figurative Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a comparison of two unlike objects using a connective word such as like or as

pun

metaphor

simile

paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

comparison of two unlike objects without the use of a connective word

pun

metaphor

simile

paradox

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

giving inanimate objects or animals human characteristics

simile

pun

malaproprism

symbolism

personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

the use of any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself while standing for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value

monologue

personification

motif

symbolism

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Ay; and let none enter, lest I break your pate."

Simile

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

... and hurl the name of husband in my face.

Personification

Simile

Idiom

Pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What figurative language device is used here in an excerpt from Shakespeare's play "As You Like It":

"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages."

Simile

Idiom

Personification

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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