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Which of the following words is a synonym for frail, as used in the sentence “The boy appeared sickly and frail”?

• weak

• shy

• strong

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'How sweet the sobbing violin!' is an example of:

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

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"Take thy beak from out my heart!" is an example of. . .

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom

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It was clear from the madman's rant that he wasn't playing with a full deck.

• Pun
• Consonance
• Assonance
• Idiom

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Boom!

• Alliteration

• Verbal Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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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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The author uses a simile to describe the apples in paragraph 2 to convey —

• their mystic appeal

• the advertising techniques used in foreign magazine

• their universal symbolism

• the contrast between Chinese and foreign supermarkets

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Moana ate like a bear just out of hibernation. Metaphor?

• yes

• no

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What is a simile?

• a comparison using the words "like" or "as"

• a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

• a type of poem in which two things are compared

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