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

• immature
• youthful

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'She sang of his love forever.'  is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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"Where would we be without this tradition? Ever since our forefathers landed at Plymouth Rock, we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving without fail, making more than cherished recipes. We’ve made memories."

• logos
• ethos
• pathos

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I didn’t sleep well last night because our new puppy kept barking. 

• Formal
• Informal

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Caesar is warned to beware of what?

• The ides of February
• The ides of March
• The ides of April
• The ides of May

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The poem has all of the following forms of figurative language except. . .

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

• personification 
• metaphor 
• simile
• repetition

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"It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning."

• Metaphor
• Irony
• Symbolism
• Anaphora

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In Greek mythology, a mythical bird called the phoenix lives for hundreds of years before bursting into flames at its death. However, it soon rises from its own ashes and is reborn.

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

Fans debated whether their team would rise from the ashes.

• To come back after destruction or defeat

• To surprise an opponent

• To think optimistically

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Pleasant, friendly, and welcoming

• cordial

• contiguous

• conscientious

• vacuous

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Why does the appearance of the masked figure fill the company with "terror, horror, and disgust?"

• People wonder how it got in the castle.

• They believe it resembles the Red Death.

• They are worried that it will ruin their masked ball.

• People are curious as to the identity of the figure.

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