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What is the term for the range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning?

• denotation
• definition
• diction
• connotation

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Which of the following has the most positive connotation?

• carefree
• lazily
• hastily

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Juliet tells Romeo not to swear by the

• stars
• moon
• orbit
• sun

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Imagery is language that creates a picture.

• True
• False

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

• Metaphor
• Irony
• Symbolism
• Anaphora

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When the detectives are talking about the murder weapon over their meal, they say:

"'Personally, I think it's right here on the premises,'

'Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack?'"

What language feature is this an example of?

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Irony

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smart

• positive meaning (+)

• negative meaning (-)

• neutral meaning (=)

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Even though the administration tried to stifle student opposition to the new uniform code, they managed to express their concerns by carrying signs and speaking at the school board meeting. The word stifle means:

• to stop

• to sniff

• a minor or unimportant point

• to encourage

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The old lady was not put _____ by his cold demeanour.

• on
• off
• with

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I am so hungry, I could eat a whole elephant!

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

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