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The “beast” on top of the mountain is actually this.

• Pilot
• Boar
• Gorilla
• Parachutist

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When Juliet says, "It is an honor that I do not dream of," to what is she referring?

• Dating
• Having babies
• Marriage

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When Juliet says, "It is an honor that I do not dream of," to what is she referring?

• Dating
• Having babies
• Marriage

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Syntax is...

• An author's word choice
• the author's attitude
• The personality that comes across on the page
• an arrangement of words into sentences

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Customer: "Do you have any samples of the new Versace cologne?"
Salesman: "Yes! We have a ton of those in the back. Let me go get you some."

• simile
• metaphor
• personification 
• hyperbole

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Which phrase has negative connotation?

• a box filled with documents

• a box crammed with documents

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The girl was churlish – rude, sullen and absolutely ill-mannered.

What is the meaning of the word churlish?

• polite

• rude

• stupid

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The parade will commence as soon as it stops raining.

• to end

• to command

• to cause a delay

• to start or begin

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The poet uses images of the crow , hemlock tree, snow in the poem. He is using the Poetic technique of

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Enjambment

• Symbolism

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It was a bitter and cruel experience, and it plunged them into an agony of despair. Such a time, of all times, for them to have it, when their hearts were made tender! Such a pitiful beginning it was for their married life; they loved each other so, and they could not have the briefest respite! It was a time when everything cried out to them that they ought to be happy; when wonder burned in their hearts, and leaped into flame at the slightest breath. They were shaken to the depths of them, with the awe of love realized—and was it so very weak of them that they cried out for a little peace? They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them

Read this sentence from paragraph 2.

They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them.

How does the author use figurative language in the sentence to contribute to the meaning of the passage?

• to convey a sense of beauty about the couple’s relationship

• to emphasize the short time the couple experienced together

• to illustrate how nature played a part in the couple’s relationship

• to contrast the expectations of the couple with the reality they experience

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