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Verbal Irony occurs:

• When the speaker says the opposite of what he/she means
• Most often in pieces of fiction 
• If the speaker doesn't realize he/she said something offensive
• When everyone knows what is being talked about except one person

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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using like or as is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• A. Understatement 
• B. D. Simile 
• C. Oxymoron

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What is the synonym for quiet?

• loud
• noisy
• crazy
• silent

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When Juliet says, "That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet", she is...

• Giving an example to prove that names are important
• Explaining why she is so upset that Romeo is a Capulet
• Proving that Romeo's last name does not affect his character
• Commenting on the origin of the word rose

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What satirical technique is being employed?

• Exaggeration

• Irony

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The Oval Office issued a statement regarding the new tax policy.

• Synechdoche

• Metonymy

• Anaphora

• Tautology

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This is a simile:

He is as nutty as a fruitcake.

• True

• False

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giving human traits to non-living things

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

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Choose the correct meaning.

I promised to run every day, but that was easier said than done.

• easily said

• easily done

• easier to talk about than to do

• easier to run than to promise

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You _________ sit so near the TV.

• may not

• don't have to

• should not

• could not

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