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What literary devise is the following an example of?
Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice, Dentrifice, Dentrifice

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopeis

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I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

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Choose the word with the positive connotation.
immature--youthful

• immature
• youthful

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As sweet as ______

• an ox
• sugar
• a fox

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What had the green light on the dock meant to Gatsby? 

• It was clear to land the hydroplane.
• It was safe for him and his guests to go swimming. 
• It stood for his vision of his future with Daisy. 
• It was a tribute to his companions who had died in the war.
  

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Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

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A comparison without using like or as; saying one thing is another

• simile
• metaphor
• idiom
• hyperbole

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Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language is being used?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

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"Your harsh criticisms are like fish hooks that pierce my confidence."

• simile
• metapor
• hyperbole
• personification 

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In carpentry, Chuck is a model of ineptitude, hitting a finger with a hammer and sawing a crooked line. 

• humor
• clumsiness
• failure to plan
• surprise

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