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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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Choose the word with the positive connotation.
self-confident--arrogant

• self-confident
• arrogant

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That hotel room was so small that even the mice had hunched
shoulders.

• Understatement
• Hyperbole
• Litotes
• Antithesis

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Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.

• simile
• metaphor

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The little road says, Go,
The little house says, Stay!
This is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean? 

• Quiet
• Secretive
• talkative 
• Exhausted

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When Juliet compares Romeo to a "good pilgrim" she is using a __________.

• simile
• extended metaphor
• hyperbole

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The words a poet uses to describe one thing by comparing it to something else with which we are more familiar.

• figurative language

• imagery

• alliteration

• refrain

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Read the source of the allusion.

In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of love. He often shoots arrows at people to make them love each other.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

I know I'm playing Cupid, but I think Ruth and my cousin should spend more time together.

• trying to make people fall in love

• sharing or expressing an unpopular point of view

• saying kind and pleasant things about people

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Odysseus wants his men to venture into the cyclops' cave. What does "venture" mean?

• creep stealthily

• go on a journey

• try something dangerous

• walk quietly

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