Allusions, Figurative Language, and Characterization Flashcard

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John spun around a heap of metal scraps swallowed by blackberry bushes.

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personification

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Figurative language in 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings': 'During these years in Stamps, I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare. He was my first white love.'

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allusion

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Sister’s room is a pig pen - example of?

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metaphor

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“The flowers danced in the breeze” is an example of--

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Personification

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Windows rattled and floors shook; the sound was a giant hand shaking Lydia Kilkenny’s sleeping shoulders. This sentence contains an example of:

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metaphor

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Following wrestling tryouts, Ian experienced a roller coaster of emotions, hoping to make the team but worrying about his performance.

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alternated felt both positive, or up, and negative, or down, about the tryouts.

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Su-Jen fidgeted with her jacket button, thinking of her father from a photo. Her feelings convey:

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uncertainty

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Marcy felt sorrow and regret over her words to her mom.

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through her thoughts

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Character trait in passage: Jake greeted new students with fist bumps.

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friendly

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Professor X and Magneto train heroes/villains in secluded fortresses, helping them confront their past. What archetype do they fit?

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the mentor