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Figurative Language & Connotative and Denotative

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests

a)

Denotation

b)

Connotation

c)

Figurative language

d)

Poetry

2.

implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly

a)

Denotation

b)

Irony

c)

Paradox

d)

Connotation

3.

a connotation that has words that conjure a favorable emotional response

(a)  

4.

this connotation presents the person or thing in an unfavorable light

(a)  

5.

this connotation have no attached positive or negative connotation

(a)  

6.

employ

a)

Neutral Connotation

b)

Negative Connotation

c)

Positive Connotation

7.

picky

a)

Neutral Connotation

b)

Negative Connotation

c)

Positive Connotation

8.

allow readers to imagine what a writer wants to express

a)

Figurative Language

b)

Paradox

c)

Connotation

d)

Anaphora

9.

the attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects

(a)  

10.

Which describes irony the best?

a)

characterized by an incongruity, a contrast, between reality and appearance

b)

creates a way to accurately and concisely describe concepts and ideas

c)

a statement appears to contradict itself

d)

the contradiction of expectation between what is said what is really meant

11.

What type of irony expresses ideas and feelings using a language that conventionally would mean something quite different or antithetical

(a)  

12.

What type of irony occurs when the situation does not reflect the expectations of what is happening

(a)  

13.

What type of irony relies on an audience member being aware of something that the characters are not aware of?

(a)  

14.

Paradox

a)

contradiction of expectation between what is said what is really meant

b)

an effective tool for placing a reader in the story with a 360-degree view of the setting

c)

affects the way readers imagine things, and it sparks an interest in the subject

d)

figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself

15.

“War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.” is an example of (a)  

16.

use of a pronoun or other linguistic unit to refer back to another word or phrase

a)

Anaphora

b)

Irony

c)

Paradox

d)

Connotation

17.

deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence

(a)  

18.

"Cause all I know is we said hello

And your eyes look like coming home

All I know is a simple name

And everything has changed

All I know is, you held the door

You'll be mine and I'll be yours

All I know since yesterday, yeah

Is everything has changed" is an example of....

a)

Paradox

b)

Irony

c)

Anaphora

d)

Anapest