Exploring Rhetorical Devices and Language

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• A direct comparison between two unlike things

• An exaggeration for effect

• A statement that contradicts itself

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the simile in the following sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• Her smile

• As bright as the sun

• Was bright

• The sun

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following sentences contains personification?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The car was fast.

• The cake was delicious.

• The sun is hot.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Explain why "The classroom was a zoo" is an example of a metaphor.

• It uses "like" or "as" to compare the classroom to a zoo.

• It directly compares the classroom to a zoo without using "like" or "as."

• It exaggerates the noise level in the classroom.

• It describes the classroom as having animals.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase "deafening silence"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Analyze the use of hyperbole in the sentence: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

• It suggests the speaker is literally going to eat a horse.

• It emphasizes the speaker's extreme hunger.

• It compares the speaker's hunger to a horse.

• It describes the speaker's favorite food.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the effect of using alliteration in poetry?

• It creates a musical rhythm.

• It provides factual information.

• It makes the poem longer.

• It changes the meaning of words.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Determine the type of figurative language in this sentence: "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky."

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• The cat purred softly.

• The sun shone brightly.

• The leaves were green.

• The cake was sweet.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Evaluate the use of irony in the statement: "Oh great! Another homework assignment!"

• The speaker is genuinely excited about the homework.

• The speaker is expressing frustration or sarcasm.

• The speaker is indifferent to the homework.

• The speaker is confused about the homework.

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CCSS.L.8.5A