Who am I?
Potpourri
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Teams
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Rules
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. Tie Breaker
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Daily Double
J E O P A R D Y
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Final
25 pts
Multiple Choice: Comparing two things without using the word like or as
A. Personification B. Metaphor C. Symbol D. Simile Answer: B. Metaphor
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50 pts
Multiple Choice: Used to make something smaller or less important than it really is
A. Analogy B. Understatement C. Foreshadowing D. Hyperbole Answer: B. Understatement
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75 pts
Multiple Choice: Nonhuman thing given human characteristics A. Understatement B. Hyperbole C. Allusion D. Personification Answer: D. Personification
100 pts
Multiple Choice: Reference to a well known person, place, thing, or event that the writer assumes the reader is familiar A. Symbol B. Allusion C. Simile D. Hyperbole Answer: B. Allusion
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150 pts
Multiple Choice: A concrete or real object used to represent an idea
A. Symbol B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Irony Answer: A. Symbol
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200 pts
Multiple Choice: A comparison of similar objects A. Foreshadowing B. Allusion C. Analogy D. Irony Answer: C. Analogy
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25 pts
Multiple Choice: I give hints and clues about upcoming events A. Hyperbole B. Simile C. Allusion D. Foreshadowing Answer: D. Foreshadowing
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50 pts
Multiple Choice: I like to use words and phrases that mean the exact opposite of its normal meaning A. Understatement B. Hyperbole C. Irony D. Analogy Answer: C. Irony
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75 pts
Multiple Choice: I am the opposite of hyperbole A. Symbol B. Analogy C. Understatement D. Irony Answer: C. Understatement
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100 pts
Multiple Choice: I describe tree branches dancing in the wind A. Analogy B. Personification C. Simile D. Metaphor Answer: B. Personification
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150 pts
Multiple Choice: I always use the words like or as A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Analogy D. Allusion Answer: A. Simile
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200 pts
Multiple Choice: I love to exaggerate what really happens A. Personification B. Symbol C. Allusion D. Hyperbole Answer: D. Hyperbole
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25 pts
Write an example of a simile.
50 pts
Give an example of a hyperbole. Possible Answer: I waited in line for an eternity at the theater to see Harry Potter.
75 pts
What would be an example of an allusion? Possible Answer: I am no Einstein
100 pts
Give an example of a sentence that demonstrates personification. Possible Answer: The wind whistled around the house.
150 pts
Give an example from a book we read where the author used foreshadowing.
200 pts
Give an example for an irony. Possible Answer: A bald man named Curly.
25 pts
Is the phrase Its raining cats and dogs! demonstrating literal language or figurative?
Answer: Figurative
50 pts
Would dictionary definitions be literal or figurative? Answer: Literal
75 pts
Is the following sentence literal or figurative? I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. Answer: Literal
100 pts
Give an example of a sentence that can have both literal and figurative meanings. Possible Answer: Hold your horses
150 pts
Is this sentence correct? Why or why not? When I heard my sister crying, I literally flew down the hill to see what was wrong.
Answer: Wrong. A person can not fly down a hill. This sentence is using figurative language, not being literal.
200 pts
Explain the difference between literal and figurative language. Answer: Literal language is taken word for word and figurative language should not be taken literally word for word.
25 pts
Write a sentence that demonstrates the use of a metaphor? Possible Answer: Her eyes were diamonds
50 pts
And then there was Rosa is an example of
Answer: Foreshadowing
75 pts
There are a million other things to do is an example of what type of figurative language? Answer: Hyperbole
150 pts
My brother MacGyverd his keys out of the bleachers using pencils and a magnet, is an example of what type of figurative language?
Answer: Allusion
100 pts
This poem verse shows an example of what type of figurative language? "Ah, William, we're weary of weather," said the sunflowers, shining with dew. "Our traveling habits have tired us. Can you give us a room with a view?" Answer: Personification
200 pts
This sentence shows which type of figurative language? I dont have a lot of homework today. Just a five page paper, two worksheets, and 50 math problems. Answer: Understatement
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