R.L. 2.4 Review

Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

The streets were strange and still, / Through the doors of the open churches
The organs were moaning shrill.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration

Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia

Chant in a wail / that never halts, / pace a circle and pay tribute / with a song.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Vague pageants woven on a web of dream!  
  And we, pushing and fighting in the turbid stream / Of modern life

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

And I will return, my love, / even if it were a million miles.

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor

Joanne's mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated.
What does confiscated mean?

• To take something using one's authority.
• showing loyalty
• To eat
• To gently persuade 

Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate obediently followed the curfew her parents set.
What does obediently mean?

• To eat
• Showing loyalty
• To go for a walk with a friend
• To be mean to others

John was so hungry that he consumed the cranberry muffin and went back for a donut.
What does consumed mean?

• To catch on fire
• To go for a walk
• To eat
• To fly

Dad had no need for the broke air conditioner, so he discarded it on the corner by the trash.  
What does discarded mean? 

• To find
• To get rid of
• To hide something
• To eat something