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"The man skilled in all ways of contending" is an example of this literary device.

• invocation
• ambition
• liturgy
• epithet

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"We have some important news for you Mr. President.  We have discovered a terrorist plot against the United States" said the CIA agent.  The President closed the book, set it on the desk, and leaned forward, his eyes fixed straight ahead.  "Tell me everything you know." 
What is the tone of the dialogue?

• Informal
• Happy
• Serious
• Optimistic

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2. The ocean has a decent amount of water in it. This is an example of

• Understatement
• Hyperbole

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Atticus says to Mrs. Dubose, "You look like a picture this evening." This is an example of __________.

• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile

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Read the passage and answer the question
“Afterwards we will be as one animal of the forest and be so close that neither one can tell that one of us is one and not the other. Can you not feel my heart be your heart?”   --Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls 
Which word best describes the tone?

• Somber
• Intimate
• Urgent
• Factual

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Which phrase has negative connotation?

• a box filled with documents

• a box crammed with documents

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Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

Offset!

Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo!

-Migos, Bad and Boujee

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

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“Oh no!” exclaimed Darcy. “Look at my shoes!”

Mom leaned over and noted a speck of dirt on the gray leather. “What a tragedy,” said Mom.

“They’re ruined!”

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic

• Not Ironic

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Whale-road is an example of:

• alliteration

• kenning

• caesura

• elegy

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Wherever he goes, the esteemed Dr. Sanchez is applauded for his life saving research. What does “esteemed” mean?

• A. held over boiling water

• B. very old

• C. unable to chew gum

• D. greatly admired

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