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What is the definition of the highlighted word?
The teacher was appalled, or disgusted, by the honey-covered homework the student turned in. 

• Pleased
• Surprised
• Frustrated
• Disgusted

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Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile
• metaphor

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"Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb" is an example of ...

• personification
• foreshadowing
• climax

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Hyperbole

• A hyperactive word
• An outrageous exaggeration of a word
• A contradictory statement
• An indirect comparison of two like items

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Which statement below is the best paraphrase for the following original words from Romeo: "Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords"?

• There is danger that Juliet will, just like Rosaline, become too dependent on Romeo.
• An uncaring look or a cruel word from Juliet would be far more hurtful than a sword fight with a capulet.
• Romeo isn't scared to fight Tybalt: he just wants some action.
• Juliet has a knife, and Romeo is afraid she'll shank him if he doesn't come back.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of “the valley” to represent

• justice
• bad times
• the future
• peace

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All’s fair in love and war
The above is an example of a(n)...

• simile 
• metaphor
• juxtaposition
• personification

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Read the passage and answer the question:
"The house itself was far from the sprawling white mansion I remembered from my childhood.  It looked smaller.  The roof sagged and the plaster was cracked.  The windows to the living room, the foyer and the upstairs guest bathroom were broken, patched haphazardly with sheets of clear plastic or wooden boards nailed across the frames.  Like so much else in Kabul, my father's house was the picture of fallen splendor."   -Hosseini, The Kite Runner 
Which word best describes the tone?

• Sentimental
• Regretful
• Terrified
• Excited

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"What gloves are to hands, socks are to feet" is an example of__________________.

• analogy 
• hyperbole
• assonance
• alliteration

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What can water symbolize?

• Liquid

• Purity

• Good luck

• Anger

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