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...Grip of Death...

• Respect for the dead
• Patronymics
• Personification
• Metaphor

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The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. 

• personification
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

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____ is a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things.

• Epigraph
• Theme
• Symbolism
• Metaphor

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'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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Which of the following pairs is an example of onomatopoeia?

• gurgle and babble
• flow and flower
• serve and protect

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Symbol is... 

• a person, place, image, word, or event that takes on figurative meaning beyond its literal meaning
• a comparison between two objects 
• an exaggeration 
• an educated guess 

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”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

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Scout says of Atticus, “Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.” This phrase (courteous detachment) is an example of _______________ and means

• oxymoron; Atticus loves his children

• personification; Atticus does not enjoy children

• paradox; Atticus is a distant, reserved father

• Both A and C

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You are simply the sun in my sky

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor, alliteration

• Simile

• Vivid words

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Babies are gentle like a soft cotton touching your face

• sound

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Rhyme

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