Language Arts Lesson 1
Word Analysis, Fluency and Vocabulary Development (Grades 9-12)

Practice Exercise 1-5

  Questions | Answer Key

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Directions: Complete the problems below. Consult the Answer Key below for answers once you finish. Review the Instruction material which relates to any questions you do not get correct.

Answer the following questions:

1. The word "bittersweet" and the phrase "be cruel to be kind" are examples of what figure of speech? _____
    
2. Milton defined rhyme as "the jingling sound of like endings." What figure of speech could be defined as "the jingling sound of like beginnings?" _____
    

Choose the correct answer.

3. What figure of speech is found in the following statement? _____
   "This is no time to pull the rug out in the middle of the stream."

   a. synecdoche

   b. onomatopoeia

   c. allusion

   d. antithesis

   e. mixed metaphor
    

4. Which word does not suggest the actual sound it describes? _____

   a. yell

   b. hum

   c. gurgle

   d. rustle

   e. cackle
    

5. The affirmative expressed by the negation of its opposite is called ... _____

   a. litotes

   b. sarcasm

   c. allusion

   d. metonymy

   e. hyperbole

Answer Key (click HERE for a printer-friendly version) (top)

1. oxymoron
    
2. alliteration
    
3. e
    
4. a
    
5. a  

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