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"A heart of gold" is an example of

• a simile
• a metaphor
• an analogy

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Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and are not meant literally.

• Figurative Language
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Repetition

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The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What does the metaphor mean above?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 
• The baby never smiled. 
• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

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Out out brief candle! Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. 

• Macbeth speaking to Lady Macbeth 
• A Macbeth soliloquy 
• Macbeth speaking to Seyton 
• The witches speaking to Macbeth and Banquo 

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"They danced like deer on the ___________"

• sun
• pluto
• star
• moon

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Whitman's main purpose in this extended metaphor is to make people understand

• that a tragic shipwreck that killed many Americans
• the necessity for fighting the Civil War
• the tragic death of Abraham Lincoln.
• the importance of economic trade.

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One extended metaphor in the poem is the comparison of 

• a journey to a ship's deck.
• a ship to the country.
• a captain to a ship.
• a captain to a victory.

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(1)The breeze felt like a refreshing drink of lemonade. (2)The night air was fuel for my work, and it was a beautiful night. (3)If I was going to finish writing this test, then it was going to be the longest night of my life. (4)Then like booming thunder, a light bulb went off in my head. (5) I searched for the perfect program where I could peruse several small suggestions swiftly. (6) Sadly, my time on Herculean efforts on Google reminded me of a crazy Spongebob Squarepants episode. (7) Even though I knew what I was searching for, it didn’t go well. (8) It seems that I will be working like a dog for tonight. (9) One good thing did happen, though: I finally discovered what one calls a super articulate dinosaur... a Thesaurus..., and next time a dinosaur drops by for lunch, I'll know how to properly invite him. "Tea, Rex?"

The underlined sentence that is written in red font shows which TWO examples of figurative language?

• allusion

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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I thought Julie was not going to be good at Taekwondo, but she is one tough cookie!

• Weak

• Tough and strong

• Stale cookie

• Nice

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What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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