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1) In English, my name means hope. In Spanish, it means too many letters. 2) It means sadness, and it means waiting. 3) It is like the number nine. A muddy color. 4) It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.

• The fragment is in number 1
• The fragment is in number 2
• The fragment is in number 3
• The fragment is in number 4

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The president delivered a _________ plea for tolerance, peace, and unity that showed his strong emotions on the subject.

• gaunt
• fervent
• stoical
• divergent

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"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."

• historical allusion
• metaphor
• effect
• simile

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"The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago..."
In this passage from the story, what is the word paraphernalia referring to?

• The clothing worn to the lottery
• The chant that used to be sung during the lottery
• The equipment needed for the lottery
• The papers that are stored in the black box.

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Which word below is the best synonym for the word in red?
The children were as different as day and night. He was a lively conversationalist, but she was reserved and taciturn. 

• loud
• outgoing
• quiet
• talkative

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A phrase that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things is called a...

• metaphor
• exaggeration
• simile
• paraphrase

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"Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device? 

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia 

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You may feel apprehension about

• taking a test

• getting an A

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A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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A direct comparison of two unlike things

that does NOT use like or as

(x=y)

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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