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A(n) __________ is a play on words based on the similarity of sound between two words with different meanings.

• pun
• aside
• prologue
• simile

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Figurative Language:
"Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir,
My daughter he hath wedded."

• Personification 
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron

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Lisa pondered the idea, remaining deep in thought for half a minute or so. What does pondered mean?

• rejected
• laughed at
• agreed with
• thought about

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On page 69, Wiesel eats a piece of bread in defiance of the Yom Kippur fast. He says, "I felt a great void opening." What does that mean?

• He feels the loss of his love of and faith in God.
• He is really hungry.
• He no longer believes God exists.
• He feels guilty for eating the bread.

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Which road did the traveler take?

• The one less traveled by.
• The one which bent in the undergrowth.
• The fair one.

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Jack's hair and beard are bright blond. 

• literal language is used
• figurative language is used

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In the famous balcony scene, when Juliet says, "Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" what is she asking?

• Where is Romeo?
• Where is the night?
• Why don't you love me?
• Why are you Romeo, a Montague?

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An emotional feeling or the atmosphere the writer creates in or for the READER

• tone 
• mood
• hyperbole
• symbolism

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Read the following excerpt from the passage:
"before the last echoes of the last chime had utterly sunk into silence, there were many individuals in the crowd who had found leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure...And the rumor of this new presence having spread itself whisperingly around, there arose at length from the whole company a buzz, or murmur...then, finally, of terror, of horror, and of disgust."
What is the author's tone towards the masked figure?

• favorable
• distaste, fearful 
• delighted
• indifferent

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The trees of the field will clap their hands.

• Personification
• Metonymy
• Imagery
• Idiom

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