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A statement that is not good enough to explain how good, bad, or impressive something really is? 

• A. Understatement/Meiosis
   
• B. Personification
• C.Paralellism

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allusion

• an image
• an object that represents something else
• a reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.
• an overused phrase

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What does this phrase mean, "A wrong is undressed when the retribution overtakes its redresser"?

• No wrong can be avenged
• A person who avenges a wrong shouldn't be punished
• A person who avenges a wrong must be punished
• People need to be dressed up in order to get revenge

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The final exam was easy as  ABC!

• Simile 
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

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What is the best example of personification?

• the trade winds soft through the sighing breeze

• orange sun's rays

• his wings are clipped and his feet are tied

• the caged bird looks through bars of rage

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Irony

Exclaiming “Oh great!” after failing an exam is...

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

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A comparison of two things that have some quality in common; includes like or as.

• Hyperbole

• Symbolism

• Theme

• Simile

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A gross exaggeration; describing a situation or event by making it more than it really is; used to evoke feelings or make a point.

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Dramatic Irony

• Mood

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After the walk through the dessert, Kim’s tongue felt dry as a bone. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

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What figurative language is being used?

" ... hull looked like two hands pressed together..." Pg 128

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

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