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Simile or Metaphor:
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.

• simile
• metaphor

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Who says "Oggsford" when he means Oxford?

• Hindenburg's Nephew
• The Police Commisioner
• Meyer Wolfsheim
• Jordan Baker

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Question 2 will always ask you to analyse what in the Source?

• Structure
• Atmosphere
• Language
• Tone

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Michael woke up with a start. Someone was banging at the front door. Heavy footsteps clomped over the bare boards of the hallway. A shouting of voices. Jacko's familiar growl, then the front door slammed shut. Michael shivered and pulled the thin blanket closer around his shoulders. Through the cracked glass of the curtainless window, the sky looked gray and dirty. A groan from the other mattress told him that Toby was awake as well. 
Which words help describe the setting? 

• "Michael woke up with a start."
• "A shouting of voices."
• "...cracked glass of the curtainless window..." 
• "then the front door slammed shut."

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_________: "O churl! drunk all, and left no ____________ drop / To help me after? . . . O __________ dagger!"

• Juliet, friendly, happy

• Juliet, last, terrible

• Romeo, poisonous, blunt

• Romeo, final, murderous

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What did the doctor call Kino's race?

• negroes

• scum

• Indians

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What is a satire?

• A way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point

• Words that refer to ideas, qualities, attitudes, and conditions that cannot be perceived with the senses

• The associations and emotions a word may evoke

• A generally harmless word that replaces an offensive or suggestive one

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At the beginning of the novel, Santiago is described as

• salao, which is the worst form of unlucky

• starving, which means dying of hunger

• formidable, which means inspiring respect through being impressively powerful

• devout, which means being very religious

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Simile or metaphor?

He is as strong as an ox.

• Metaphor

• Simile

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What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

• The author's attitude toward a subject

• The time and place of the story

• The summary of events in the story

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