Shakespeare Figurative Language

Shakespeare Figurative Language

9th Grade

25 Qs

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Shakespeare Figurative Language

Shakespeare Figurative Language

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.7.5A, L.8.6, W.11-12.2D

+33

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a reference to something the audience should/ is expected to know is

dramatic irony

allusion

soliloquy

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a remark to the audiencce or another character that others don't hear

soliloquy

aside

pun

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

giving something human qualities is called

pun

allusion

dramatic irony

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine, ... "

Imagery

Metaphor

Idiom

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How does Shakespeare use figurative language to talk about death?

Shakespeare compares life to a nightmare and death to peaceful sleep.

Shakespeare compares life to crossing into new countries and death to being in a fixed state.

Shakespeare compares life and death to battles in which one has the choice of fighting.

Shakespeare compares death to sleep and dreams to the afterlife.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Figurative Language:
"Death lies on her like an untimely frost"

Metaphor 

Simile

Irony

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is one way Shakespeare used figurative language in his plays?

By writing in simple, straightforward prose.

By using metaphors and similes to enhance imagery.

By avoiding any form of symbolism.

By focusing solely on historical events.

Tags

DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

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