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What is the Poet is implying when she says 
"You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I'll rise."

• She is saying that even though she's facing discrimination she will still overcome it.
• She is saying that you can talk about her, but words won't kill her.
• She won't rise because of discrimination.
• I don't know

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To some, school is a prison.

• simile
• metaphor

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The Franks try not to make any conspicuous noises in the attic. Which word means the same as conspicuous?

• identifiable
• noticeable
• suspicious
• none of the above

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What does "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view[…] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" mean? Choose the BEST answer.

• You should consider someone's situation and background before passing judgment on them.
• You should skin people and wear them as human suits before passing judgment on them.
• Looks alone are not what matters.
• People only act the way they do because of their ancestry.

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They had enough _____ stashed in a cave to last a week.

• diatribe
• proposition
• provisions
• ransom

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Which is a metaphor?

• The sun smiled upon me.

• He is as tall as a tree.

• Life is a puzzle.

• Her hair is like spun gold.

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The students' hard work paved the way for their success on the SOL test. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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___________________ gives human or lifelike characteristics to something that is not human or not alive.

• simile

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

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Nadia was really ____________ after tripping

• embarrased

• embarrasing

• frightening

• frightened

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5. In the two weeks in the job he made himself thoroughly disliked. Here thoroughly is a/an ………………………

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

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