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...Grip of Death...

• Respect for the dead
• Patronymics
• Personification
• Metaphor

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The smoke was a tight little knot on the horizon was was uncoiling slowly.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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Which of these means "extermination of a large group because of race, religion, etc."?

• Genocide
• Oppression
• Apathy
• Prejudice

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He turned over, holding his nose, and a golden light danced and shattered just over his face.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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A __________________ is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.

• Simile
• Rhetorical Device
• Rhetorical Appeal
• Allusion

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"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of....

• An oxymoron

• A similie

• Alliteration

• Personification

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When describing the setting of the story, an author uses vivid descriptions and adjective to help the reader picture the place in his mind. This is called -

• imagery

• connecting

• predicting

• figurative language

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Itch is to Scratch as

Tired is to __________

• Sleep

• Yawn

• Bed

• Exhausted

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CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.6.4

full of or expressing good humor

• jovial

• petulantly

• wonderingly

• daintily

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In 1815, French emperor Napoleon suffered a devastating defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, which would prove to be his final battle before he abdicated the throne.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Last night's play-off in the semifinals proved to be the team's Waterloo.

• final defeat

• hard-played win

• tie

• no score

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