Midterm Review

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What is personification?

Back

Personification is when you give human characteristics to something non-human.

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Provide an example of personification.

Back

"The alarm clock jumps to life at 6:00am."

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What is the correct verb form for the sentence: 'The football team ________ on Thursday afternoons.'?

Back

practices

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What is the correct verb form for the sentence: 'A box of cupcakes ______ in the fridge.'?

Back

is

Front

Identify the subject being personified in the sentence: 'The plate jumped from his hand.'

Back

a plate

Front

What is the difference between 'practice' and 'practices'?

Back

'Practice' is a noun, while 'practices' is the third person singular form of the verb.

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What literary device is used in the phrase 'the lamp was as bright as the sun'?

Back

Simile, because it compares brightness using 'as'.

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What is an example of hyperbole?

Back

"She was so hungry she could eat a hippo."

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What does it mean to give human traits to animals or objects?

Back

It means to use personification.

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What is the purpose of using personification in literature?

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To create vivid imagery and connect emotionally with the reader.