Language and Rhetorical Figures Quiz
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for language that means exactly what it says without embellishment?
Figurative Language
Literal Language
Figures of Thought
Tropes
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term describes rhetorical figures that involve a deviation from the ordinary pattern or arrangement of words?
Literal Language
Figures of Thought
Simile
Subtext
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
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
Metaphor
Subtext
Simile
Tropes
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term refers to the underlying or implicit meaning in dialogue or text?
Metaphor
Subtext
Tropes
Literal Language
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for attributing human characteristics to non-human entities?
Metonymy
Personification
Irony
Synecdoche
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which figure of speech involves using a part to represent the whole or vice versa?
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Irony
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a contrast between expectation and reality?
Metonymy
Irony
Personification
Synecdoche
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
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