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"My life has been a ship sailing sea to sea."

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

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The teacher was mildly intimated by Merdine's bossy behavior. If you change the word bossy to assertive, the word now has a ____ connotation.

• positive
• negative

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Match the definition with the term:
an exaggeration so dramatic, nobody will believe it

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• oxymoron

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Which is the correct meaning of the word post in this sentence?
I will post a flyer to advertise the lunch specials.

• A long piece of wood or other material set upright into the ground.
• The bar-like part of a stud earring.
• To display in a place for public view such as an announcement.
• To publish (a name) on a list.

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(Interjection) No! I will never try that.  

• will
• never
• No
• that

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Choose the word which gives this sentence the most positive connotation.
Dexter was a/an ______________ dog.

• obese
• fat
• plump
• rotund

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When we visited that old hut last year it was vacant.

• haunted
• empty
• occupied
• separated

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Giselle is a talented student. ________, she was the valedictorian her senior year.

• Indeed
• Immediately
• On the whole
  
• Then

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What is alliteration?

• the use of synonyms

• words that sound alike

• an exaggeration

• the repetition of a beginning letter sound

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What figurative language is used in this sentence?

Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.

• rhyme

• simile

• alliteration

• rhyme

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