WorksheetsEnglish 8 Aristole
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 26mins
We read, write, sign, and speak the?
Language
Words
Lengwahe
English
What are the two types of language?
Literal and Figurative
It is the exact meaning, direct to the point, and defined in the dictionary.
A direct comparison.
synecdoche
metaphor
Comparison that uses the word "as" and "like"
Indirect comparison
Simile
Metaphor
It is an exaggeration.
Personification
Hyperbole
Nonhuman objects are given human qualities.
"My stomach growled." What type of figurative language was used?
Irony
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Litotes
Opposing words that are placed side by side.
litotes
Oxymoron
Understatement using double negative.
oxymoron
onomatopoeia
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litotes
The difference between reality and appearance.
metonymy
Irony
Synecdoche
3 types of Irony
(a)
"The blind leading the blind." Is what type of figurative language?
mamamoo
oxymoron
irony
is when a word associated with something is used to refer to the thing itself.
The substitute word is part of the whole.
(a)
Does not necessarily have to be a part of the object to substitute.
(a)
is a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their beauty and sound and are carefully arranged, often in short lines which rhyme.
Poem
a poem means taking note of its key elements to determine its theme or main idea or meaning
(a)
the one who says the feelings and circumstances in the poem through the first person point of view or the messenger at the background who relays the poet’s idea.
The speaker or persona
is the poet’s attitude toward the subject, theme, or readers
(a)
The use of specific words/figures of speech to create visual representations or sensory images in the reader’s mind.
Imagery
Figure of speech
Imagery and Figures of speech
Pun, mixed statement, overstatement, reverses, and situational irony is a type of what?
jumbo hatdog
Verbal Humor
used when writing claim and counterclaim pattern of idea development.
(a)
It is a statement that presents an arguable position.
Counterclaim
Claim
It is the strongest argument against a claim.
(a)
It is usually used at the beginning of a contrasting statement, followed by a comma.
It is used to introduce the second of two contrasting points, facts, or ways of looking at something.
But
On the other hand
It is used to connect two statements that contrast or contradict each other in some way.
In contrast
But
However
It is used to compare the differences between two similar things
In analysis
In contrast
In comparison
In similarity
A condition that is unwell and harmful, and that needs to be resolved or overcome.
(a)
These are writing devices that serve to maintain text coherence. They signal the relationship between new sentences and the one before it
(a)
The method of explaining by starting with a broad idea and following it with specific ideas that support the main idea.
(a)
"Humans get their sustenance from bodies of water such as oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and stream." What is the grammatical signal used?
such as
their
and
A play on words that have the similar sounds but different meaning.
situational irony
overstatement
mixed metaphor
When two or more unrelated common expressions, metaphor, cliches, are combined, it results in something absurd but funny.
Understatement
Pun
Mixed metaphor
Overstatement
It is an exaggeration, a hyperbole.
(a)
An unexpected sudden twist at the end of a statement.
Reverses
overstatement
Pun
What took place is the opposite of what is expected.
situational irony
dramatical irony
Give me the three parts of an effective paragraph.
(a)
