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What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Bitter
• Respectful
• Objective
• Humorous

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The girls went to the library and read three books in one afternoon. They were voracious readers.  
What does the word voracious mean as it is used in the text?

• lazy
• helpful
• avid 
• happy

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What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as
• A comparison not using like or as
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound

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What type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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Which figurative language is this an example of: When Sally looked outside she saw a blanket of snow.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor 

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"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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Which of these tones best describes Tupac's poem?
Ambition Over Adversity by Tupac Shakur
Take one's adversity 
Learn from their misfortune 
Learn from their pain 
Believe in something 
Believe in yourself 
Turn adversity into ambition 
Now blossom into wealth

• angry
• irritated
• confused
• encouraging

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I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

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WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT GIVES SOMETHING THAT IS NON–HUMAN SOME HUMAN QUALITIES?

• HYPERBOLE
• METAPHOR
• PERSONIFICATION
• IDIOM

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Read the following passage:

After winning the spelling bee, Bridget became confident. "I can spell any word in the universe," she insisted loudly, even in places where it was not required to spell things. Like at the movies with her friends.

Her best friend, annoyed, said, "I bet you can't spell a word in German." Bridget did not speak German.

"I probably can," she insisted,"I mean, how hard can it be, right?"

How does the author intend the word "confident" to be taken in this passage?

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• extremely positive

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