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Language and Rhetoric Practice Quiz

Authored by Catherine Renfrow

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Language and Rhetoric Practice Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“The classroom was a circus during free time.” This is an example of:

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“She sells seashells by the seashore” demonstrates:

Metaphor

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“The sun smiled down on us.” Which device is used?

Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!” is an example of:

Irony

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Life is like a box of chocolates.” Which device is used?

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“The wind howled through the trees.” What figurative language is present?

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A phrase that uses contradictory terms, such as “bittersweet,” is called:

Oxymoron

Simile

Allusion

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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