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Humor Devices

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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When two opposing words are placed side by side to create an effect. For example: pretty ugly, civil war, awfully good.

Simile

Theme

Setting

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

What is the term for a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor?

Irony

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

A type of poem

Sarcasm or the opposite of what is really meant

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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Imagine you are going to a fitness center to work out. You see a person choosing to use the elevator to reach the gym located on the second floor instead of taking the stairs. What would you call this situation?

Personification

Dramatic Irony

Verbal Irony

Situational Irony

Answer explanation

When the situation is contray to what we would expect. For instance, seeing a person take an escalator to the gym door instead of walking up the stairs.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Imagine you are at a dinner party. One of the guests, who has just finished a large steak, exclaims, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." What type of irony would this situation be an example of?

Verbal Irony

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Exaggeration; stretching the truth for humor or suspense.

Theme

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the term for a humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing?

Parody

Satire

Irony

Pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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