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"The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song."
What is being personified?

• The lumberjack
• The trees
• The chainsaw
• The song

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Pick the hyperbole below:

• Can't you get this question correct?
• Mr. Smith is older than the hills.
• I went skating last Tuesday.
• Marcella was very, very cold. 

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What is  the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

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"The  Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands
Ring'd with the azure world he stands
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Choose the literary device that is NOT used in this poem.

• Sight Details
• Touch Details
• Hearing Details
• Personification

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Which word has the most negative connotation?

• curious
• full of questions
• inquisitive
• nosy

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Which word has the most positive connotation?

• giving
• generous
• thoughtful
• considerate

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"the daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers"
This sentence is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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True or False?

A simile COMPARES 2 things.

• True

• False

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The roar of the airplane engines were very loud.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Idiom

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“What did Julian give as his reason?” I asked.

“You know,” said mom, “his mom was the only person who didn’t RSVP at all.” She looked at me. “I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

What does the phrase “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” mean?

• a child often has similar characteristics to his or her parents

• some people have no manners

• everyone comes from the same family tree

• there are many different people that come from the same type of family

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