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“He was a real Romeo with the ladies.”

• allusion
• chiasmus
• juxtaposition
• metaphor

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The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole

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What word is more negative?

• Confident
• Egotistical
• Prideful
• Secure

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"Your harsh criticisms are like fish hooks that pierce my confidence."

• simile
• metapor
• hyperbole
• personification 

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Symbols allow writers to...

• ...convey layers of meaning.
• ...take a break from typing so much.
• ...turn on their headphones while they type.
• ...play Solitaire.

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The couch welcomed the weary worker.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

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In Greek mythology, a mythical bird called the phoenix lives for hundreds of years before bursting into flames at its death. However, it soon rises from its own ashes and is reborn.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Fans debated whether their team would rise from the ashes.

• To come back after destruction or defeat

• To surprise an opponent

• To think optimistically

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We had a big party at the park for my daughter.

• small

• huge

• classy

• ginormous

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soliloquy

• a speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thought aloud to himself or herself

• speech, usually long, that is given by a character to an intended audience

• straightforward, ordinary speech does not contains rhythm or meter

• the dramatic device where in a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alives, present, and able to reply

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What happens that causes Macbeth to say: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...our days creep by until the end of time, lighting the way to death like candles leading us to bed. Out, out, brief candle!"

• Malcolm's army invades Macbeth's castle.

• Lady Macbeth kills herself.

• The witches give a final prophecy that shows Macbeth he will die.

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