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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It includes techniques like similes, metaphors, and personification.

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What does personification mean?

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Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What does the personification in the line 'Ten thousand daffodils saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance' suggest?

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The daffodils were moving in the wind.

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What does the personification in the line 'little winds playing hide-and-seek' suggest?

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There was occasional gusts of wind.

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What is the GIFTS strategy for annotating poetry?

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GIFTS stands for Gist, Imagery, Figurative language, Tone, and Speaker. It helps readers analyze and understand poetry.

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What does the word 'impudent' mean in the context of 'The impudent boy was rude to the policeman'?

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Shameless.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What effect does the simile 'Earth's crust is like an eggshell broken into ten enormous slabs' have on the passage's meaning?

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It illustrates that the earth's crust is fragmented.

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What is the purpose of using context clues in reading?

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Context clues help readers infer the meaning of unfamiliar words based on the surrounding text.

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What does the acronym PACTS stand for in literary analysis?

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PACTS stands for Problem, Action, Characters, Theme, and Setting.