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Common Core Standard L.9-10.5 Questions

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

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Grade 10 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.9-10.5
Which of the following Shakespearean quotes DOES NOT use inversion?
  1. "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."
  2. "Her mother is the lady of the house, And a good lady, and wise and virtuous."
  3. “Round about the caldron go: in the poisoned entrails throw.”
  4. “Doubtful it stood, as two spent swimmers, that do cling together and choke there are.”
Grade 7 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.7.5, L.7.5a, L.9-10.5
Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?
  1. She transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.
  2. His wife was his Achilles' heel.
  3. He lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's.
  4. We'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.
Grade 9 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.9-10.5, L.9-10.5a
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
  1. "Water water everywhere nor any drop to drink"
  2. "All the world's a stage"
  3. "Great humility"
  4. "Dusk demands daylight"
Grade 9 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.9-10.5, L.9-10.5a
"Absolutely unsure" is an example of which figurative language?
  1. idiom
  2. oxymoron
  3. hyperbole
  4. personification
Grade 9 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.9-10.5, L.9-10.5a
"Cruel kindness" is an example of which type of figurative language?
  1. oxymoron
  2. hyperbole
  3. idiom
  4. personification

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