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- 1. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
“I can resist anything but temptation.”
Oxymoron
Irony
Paradox
- 2. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
I am nobody.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Irony
- 3. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
Everybody knew about it, it was an open secret!
Paradox
Irony
Oxymoron
- 4. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
In times like this, less is more.
Irony
Oxymoron
Paradox
- 5. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
After the accident occur, there was a deafening silence.
Irony
Oxymoron
Paradox
- 6. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
A marriage counselor filed for divorce.
Paradox
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Verbal Irony
- 7. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
Oh, he's so beautiful--such a beautiful disaster.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Irony
- 8. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
A pilot with a fear of heights
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Paradox
Dramatic Irony
- 9. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
"I know one thing; that I know nothing."
Paradox
Oxymoron
Irony
- 10. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
Paradox
Irony
Oxymoron
- 11. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
The best advice I have for you is: don’t listen to advice.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Irony
- 12. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
I love watching the 'Walking Dead'.
Oxymoron
Irony
Paradox
- 13. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Irony
- 14. Multiple ChoicePlacing side by side two contradictory words that make logical sense when explained.paradoxhyperbolepersonificationoxymoron
- 15. Multiple ChoicePlacing two contradictory phrases or ideas that, through deeper analysis, make logical sense.onomatopoeiaoxymoronparadoxallusion
- 16. Multiple Choice
What does the following paradox most likely mean?
"I close my eyes so that I can see."
The person is blind and only has vision when closing his or her eyes.
The person's imagination or internal vision is stronger when blocking out visual distractions.
It makes absolutely no sense.
The person needs to nap so that he or she can think better,
- 17. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
No one has any idea that he lived in such comfortable misery.
Paradox
Irony
Oxymoron
- 18. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “Wonderful weather we’re having!”
Verbal Irony
Paradox
Oxymoron
Situational Irony
- 19. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
She ordered the jumbo shrimp.
Irony
Paradox
Oxymoron
- 20. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance.
Paradox
Oxymoron
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
- 21. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
A sister walks into her brother's messy apartment and says, "I see you're still the king of clean!"
Paradox
Oxymoron
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
- 22. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
Nobody goes to that restaurant; it's too crowded
Paradox
Oxymoron
Irony
- 23. Multiple Choice
Identify the figurative language:
"It's okay, at least we know that we are alone together!"
Paradox
Oxymoron
Irony
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