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Speech and Language

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Speech and Language
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"We simply cannot sweep injustice aside or allow it to be brushed under the carpet." This quote uses:

Metaphor

Alliteration

Rhetorical question

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

We failed to ask 'How would I feel if this were done to me?' This quote uses:

Simile

Repetition

Rhetorical Question

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is an exaggeration for emphasis?

Personification

Simile

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'?

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a phrase with a figurative meaning that doesn't necessarily make sense when taken literally?

Idiom

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word describes or modifies a noun, providing more information about it?

Conjunction

Adverb

Adjective

Preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which words imitate the sound they describe?

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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