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8th grade reading SOL terms...
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"Did you see LeBron play last night? He was on fire!" This quote contains...
An idiom
A simile
A metaphor
Hyperbole
2
AUTO means...
self
life
cut, kill
time
3
Chron means...
Life
Time
Good
Study of
4
The quote, "Artificial amateurs aren't at all amazing..." contains an example of...
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Assonance
Alliteration
5
He is an old toad.
That's a metaphor!
Oh, I love similes!
He's a toad? That's personification!
That's some dramatic irony!
6
Similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole are all types of...
Comparisons
Torture
Figurative Language
Analogies
7
This text structure poses a possible answer to a difficult situation
Cause/Effect
Chronological
Problem/Solution
Compare/Contrast
8
When you say, "Dude, I totally love English class!" but don't actually mean it...
That's situational irony.
That's not irony.
That's verbal irony.
That's dramatic irony.
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Repetition of vowel sounds in words close together is called assonance.
i don't think you guys have taught us this.
Lol ok.
Assonance is a funny word.
I need an example...
10
You're like fingernails on a chalkboard. You make my head hurt so bad...
Neither! Personification!
Oh! Metaphor!
No! A simile!
11
This is an exaggeration. For example, "I'm going to die if I have to take another bite..."
Hyperbole
Simile
Onomotapoeia
Metaphor
12
Cide/Cise means...
Cut, Kill
Study of
Kill, Cut
Hang, Weigh
13
Derm means...
Acne
Skin
Life
Needle
14
You're uncertain the curtain is purple.
What a pain in the assonance.
So assonance is rhyming with vowels.
That's assonance?
Who has purple curtains?
15
Graph means...
Rite
Write
Right
Wright
16
If Mr. Holdren, your English teacher, misspells a word...
That's not irony.
That's verbal irony.
That's dramatic irony.
That's situational irony.
17
The white sand met with the azure-blue water, melting away into the ocean like a candle...
This has personification!
Oh. I see the irony here.
That's my favorite idiom!
That's some good imagery!
18
This text structure is used to explain how one thing happening leads to another thing happening
Problem/Solution
Cause/Effect
Compare/Contrast
Chronological
19
Do you remember what assonance means?
Rhyming with vowels.
Nope.
Rhyming with consonants.
Stop cursing, please.
20
BIO means
Life
Machine
Study of
Science
21
The blank sheet of paper looked back at me, laughing at my lack of ideas for the essay. This is
Onomotapoeia
Alliteration
Metaphor
Personification
22
Which of the following is NOT a type of irony?
Verbal
Situation
Tense
Dramatic
23
Bark is to Dog as Meow is to Cat ... this is an _________.
Simile
Nursery Rhyme
Analogy
Root Word
24
This text structure is used to explain the similarities and differences between two things
Compare/Contrast
Chronological
Problem/Solution
Cause/Effect
25
Something that stands for something else is considered a...
Idiom
Simile
Idol
Symbol
26
This text structure is used to explain how things happened in order
Chronological
Cause/Effect
Problem/Solution
Compare/Contrast
27
"Oink! Moo! Woof!" That's what a pigcowdog sounds like, but these are also examples of...
Alliteration
Onomotapoeia
Irony
Simile
28
Who is the protagonist of Bud, Not Buddy?
Lefty
Buddy
Bud
Herman E Calloway
29
You know something a character doesn't (like a wife killing her husband with a leg of lamb)...
That's dramatic irony.
That's not irony.
That's verbal irony.
That's situational irony.
30
When words sound the same. It's used a lot in poetry and hip hop music...
Rhyme
Lime
Time
Thyme
