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Grade 9 Figurative Language
"Continuous as the stars that shine"

Which literary element is being used?
  1. Simile
  2. Personification
  3. Metaphor
  4. Alliteration
Grade 9 Idiom
You'd better "button up your lip." What does that mean?
  1. put a button on your lip
  2. be quiet
Grade 9 Figurative Language
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
  1. eat your broccoli
  2. play the field
  3. agree to disagree
  4. hide and seek
Grade 9 Figurative Language
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
  1. He slowly made haste.
  2. He drove up the hill.
  3. He played the fiddle.
  4. He quickly ran away.
Grade 9 Poetic Devices
Free verse poems must always rhyme.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.5, RL.9-10.5
"like a syrupy sweet" (Hughes).

The "s" in syrupy and sweet represent which sound device?
  1. Assonance
  2. Alliteration
  3. Rhyme
  4. Simile
Grade 9 Figurative Language
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
  1. I feel as though I've been buried alive in paperwork.
  2. I feel as though I have a bee in my bonnet.
  3. I feel as though I'm as hungry as a horse.
  4. I feel as though I've met my match.
Grade 9 Figurative Language
A cold fire is an oxymoron.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Idiom
What does it mean to "set someone straight"?
  1. make them sit up
  2. tell them to behave like they are supposed to
Grade 9 Figurative Language
Sally swam south is an example of a/an...
  1. alliteration
  2. onomatopoeia
  3. simile
Grade 9 Figurative Language
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
  1. creepy skeleton
  2. honest politician
  3. happy as a clam
  4. under the water
Grade 9 Idiom CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.9-10.5
Which is NOT an example of an idiom?
  1. "Never say 'never'"
  2. "Cross your fingers!"
  3. "Out of the blue"
  4. "Fish out of water"
Grade 9 Figurative Language
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
  1. It's a happy medium.
  2. It's a sunny morning.
  3. It's a calculated risk.
  4. It's a great choice.
Grade 9 Hyperbole
Which literary element is defined by extreme exaggeration for emphasis?
  1. Personification
  2. Simile
  3. Hyperbole
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