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Which of the following words is a synonym for frail, as used in the sentence “The boy appeared sickly and frail”?

• weak

• shy

• strong

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Don't judge a book by its

• story
• cover
• age
• page

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The following is an example of what literary device?
"The three empty walls of the room were like the pale brows of sleeping giants now, empty of dreams."

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

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1. There were always clouds in that dingy little valley. It rained. It always rained. This is an example of

• Understatement
• Hyperbole

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Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of “the valley” to represent

• justice
• bad times
• the future
• peace

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Which of these sentences properly uses the word "renounce?"

• The nurse renounced her love for Juliet when she helped her at the party.
• Romeo renounced his love for Juliet when he agreed to marry her.
• Romeo and Juliet are both ready to renounce their last names in order to be together.
• None of these.

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use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says

• situational irony
• static irony
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony

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What could a windfall be described as?

• unexpected good fortune, abundance of things
• the wind blowing in the fall
• a horrible account of weather
• the harvest going bad

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Read the source of the allusion.

During the Middle Ages, knights searched far and wide for years to find the Holy Grail. They believed the Holy Grail was the cup that Jesus used at his last meal with his followers.

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

Dr. Cameron said that finding a cure for this deadly disease is her holy grail.

• something that becomes greater in value over time

• something wanted very much but hard to get

• something that solves a problem or difficulty

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Idiom: What does it mean to "get canned" or "get the can"?

• bring a can of food

• get fired

• throw something away

• recycle

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