Week 5 FLASHCARD 1: Allegory

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Which is the best definition of an allegory?

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a story with a symbolic message

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Which is the best definition of a folktale?

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a story shared orally for generations

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In a classroom discussion, Emma explained that an allegory most often uses characters to

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represent an idea.

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Which sentence contains an example of a metaphor? Options: “The tree trunk was just as sticky as a honey pot.”, “Aunty Misery hid in the garden like an old scarecrow.”, “The sweet pear tree was a hidden treasure box.”, “Children were swinging from the branches like monkeys.”

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“The sweet pear tree was a hidden treasure box.”

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Which excerpt is an example of a simile? Options: Death arrived at her door like an unwelcome stray dog., Aunty Misery was a grumpy bear when children were near., The ripe pears were shiny gems, impossible to resist., Wind blew its hot breath through the dusty village.

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Death arrived at her door like an unwelcome stray dog.

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Which excerpt has the greatest hyperbole? Options: The pear tree stood tall in the garden, waving her shady branches., Leaves fell like confetti when the children scrambled up the tree., The doctor’s office was empty as a tomb for months and months., The children climbed higher than the sun’s rays that afternoon.

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The children climbed higher than the sun’s rays that afternoon.

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Which excerpt has an example of personification? Options: The children squealed like frightened mice after they were caught. Fresh pear juice dripped in golden raindrops from his messy chin. Villagers looked as tired and wilted as a bouquet of dried flowers. The old tree raised her gnarly branches to touch the summer sky.

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The old tree raised her gnarly branches to touch the summer sky.

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Which line from "Aunty Misery” is an example of a simile? Options: “‘There is only one thing that I desire,’ said Aunty Misery.”, “He answered her in a voice that was dry and hoarse, as if he had swallowed a desert.”, “The people who make their living from death began to protest loudly.”, “‘Ask and it shall be yours,’ replied the stranger, who was a sorcerer in disguise.”

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“He answered her in a voice that was dry and hoarse, as if he had swallowed a desert.”

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Which line from "Aunty Misery” contains a simile? Options: “‘I wish that anyone who climbs up my pear tree should not be able to come back down until I permit it.’”, One day, a traveler stopped at the old woman's hut and asked her for permission to spend the night under her roof. , With a heavy sigh like wind through a tomb, Senor Death climbed the pear tree. , And no matter how much he cursed and threatened, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to release Death.

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With a heavy sigh like wind through a tomb, Senor Death climbed the pear tree.

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What is the meaning of the simile in the phrase "like wind through a tomb"?

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Death’s sigh was loud but went unheard.