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"It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long. " Here, Shudder means..

• to tremble in happiness 
• to tremble in sadness 
• to tremble in hope 

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The door protested as it opened slowly.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification
• simile

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The feuding families are reconciled by their children's deaths and agree to ___________ their violent feud.

• Continue

• Advance

• Slow down

• End

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The successful man earned his millions through deceit and chicanery.  Define chicanery.

• perseverance 
• truthfulness
• trickery
• all of the above

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The label on the inside of a bathing suit reads, “Dry clean only. Do not get wet.”

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Not Ironic

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Then every wind

roared into hurricane; the ships went pitching

west with many cries; our land was lost.

Roused up, despairing in that gloom, I thought:

'Should I go overside for a quick finish

or clench my teeth and stay among the living?'

Down in the bilge I lay, pulling my sea cloak

over my head, while the rough gale blew the ships

and rueful crews clear back to Aiolia.

• Lotos Eaters

• Kirke

• Phaiakians

• Aiolos

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The plums are proud and round.

• assonance
• consonance
• none
• rhyme

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Holden says, "I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him" (Salinger 26). What does "chew the rag" mean?

• eat a snack

• have small talk

• discuss important matters

• do homework

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Describing or comparing something to something else that is completely different. e.g This class is a zoo

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

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After Mercutio was stabbed, he said, "Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man..." This is an example of:

• simile

• hyperbole

• pun

• oxymoron

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