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Luis was adamant and insisted, "But Mom said she was preparing dinner tonight!" The word that best defines adamant is-

• happy 
• unsure
• nervous
• stubborn

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Captain Beatty says, “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door.  Burn it. Breach man’s mind.  Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” (58). This extended metaphor implies that:

• Books help humans to expand their minds and reach their full potential.
• Without books, mankind is lost.
• Books influence people to engage in crime.
• Books do more harm than good; they give people ideas, which make them dangerous.

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Johnathon Swift's short story, "A Modest Proposal," where he suggests eating Irish babies would fix the social problems of over population of immigrants and feeding the hungry is an example of what?

• Symbolism
• Satire

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This quiz is a breeze. 

• simile
• parody 
• metaphor
• diction

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It feels like it's 1000 degrees outside!

• Pun
• Hyperbole
• Anaphora
• Imagery

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What figurative language technique is being used here?

"A thousands times before

I've wondered if there's something more

Something more"

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

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How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

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He has spend a million hours studying for the exam.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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abundant

• positive meaning (+)

• negative meaning (-)

• neutral meaning (=)

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It’s silly to think that we may be on high alert that day.

• excellent

• great

• redundant

• ridiculous

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