Figurative Language

From: George Gray
Which is an example of personification?

• "And catch the winds of destiny..."
  
• "Of restlessness and vague desire--"
  
• "A boat with a furled sail at rest in the harbor."
  
• "Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances."
  

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From: George Gray
"Winds of destiny" is an example of

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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From: George Gray
According to the speaker, what is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid?

• a life without love
• a life without meaning
• a sailor without a purpose
• a poet struggling to write

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From: George Gray
"Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid" is an example of

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personification

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From: George Gray
Which of these is NOT an example of figurative language?

• "It is a boat longing for the sea."
  
• "Of restlessness and vague desire-- "
  
• "The marble which was chiseled for me--"
  
• "And now I know that we must lift the sail"
  

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From: George Gray
Which line(s) from the poem extends the metaphor for the speaker's life that is introduced in the first stanza of the poem?

• The marble which was chiseled for me--
  
• To put meaning in one's life may end in madness.
  
• It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
  
• Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
  

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From: Thermometer Pills
"A promising new product hopes to end the all too common heatstroke trend. It is called a thermometer pill."
What is the connotative effect of the word promising in paragraph one?

• It suggests that any hope that these pills will help athletes in the future is probably misguided and untrustworthy.
• It suggests that the author seriously doubts whether the thermometer pill can keep all the promises it claims to make.
• It suggests that the author is hopeful about and believes that the thermometer pill will help reduce athlete deaths due to heatstroke.
• It suggests that the author casts a critical eye toward these expensive thermometer pills and doesn't believe that they'll be effective.

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From: Thermometer Pills
What is the connotative effect of the word lifesavers in paragraph 3?

• It suggests that the author has a positive opinion of the pills and believe they can help protect athletes' lives.
• It shows that the author is being sponsored by the company who makes the pills and is not expressing her true opinion.
• It shows that the author has a negative opinion of the pills and believes they are too expensive to be of any real use.
• It suggests that the author is being ironic or sarcastic about the pills and truly believes that the pills are useless.

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From: La Belle Dame sans Merci
What is the connotative effect of the word loitering (lines 2 and 46) in this poem?

• It suggests that the Knight is no longer interested in the beautiful lady without mercy.
• It implies that the Knight is angry with "La Belle Dame sans Merci" and wants to find her and kill her.
• It implies that the Knight now has hope that he and the beautiful woman can be reunited again in the future.
• It suggests that the Knight feels purposeless, has lost his energy and drive, and now no longer wants or strives for anything.

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From: La Belle Dame sans Merci
"I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried—"La belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall!"
What is the connotative effect of the word pale, which is repeated so frequently throughout this poem?

• It describes the color of the knight's skin accurately--he has a fair complexion.
  
• It suggests a purity and innocence on behalf of the Knight and his beautiful lady.
  
• It emphasizes the old age of the Knight and other characters mentioned in the poem.
  
• It conveys the sickly, fear-drenched, and weakened atmosphere surrounding the knight.
  

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