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What literary devise is the following an example of?
Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice, Dentrifice, Dentrifice

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopeis

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He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of ____________________ a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room.

• exultation
• gaudy
• meretricious
• grotesque

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair," is said by the witches.  It is a riddle-like phrase that seems contradictory is also known as a(n)
______________.

• paradox
• oxymoron
• simile
• analogy

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

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

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Which literary term means something that is a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond its literal meaning?

• Symbolism
• Mood
• Foreshadowing
• Flashback

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I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• connotation 
• denotation 
• hyperbole
• rhetoric

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What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• metaphor

• simile

• end-stopped

• personification

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An obvious exaggeration. "I've told you a million times!"

• Alliteration

• Characterization

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

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I am so hungry, I could eat a whole elephant!

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

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A type of metaphor in which non-human things or ideas are given human qualities

• Personification

• Euphemism

• Irony

• Repetition

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