Language and Rhetoric Practice Quiz

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

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“She sells seashells by the seashore” demonstrates:

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Allusion

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

“Crash! The vase shattered on the floor.” Which device?

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

“The test was a breeze.” What is this?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A direct reference to another text, person, or event is called:

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3