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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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Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor

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The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What does the metaphor mean above?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 
• The baby never smiled. 
• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

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Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

• Verbal
• situational
• Dramatic
• Irony

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Define Satire

• When literature clearly states its true meaning.
• A term to describe any form of Literature that blends ironic humor and wit with criticism for the purpose of ridiculing frailties in individuals and institutions.
  

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"The gentle giant jumped in jubilation" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Personification
• Imagery

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Which connotation is MORE negative?
It made me feel _______.

• uneasy
• frightened

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I am so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Hyperbole
• Hyperbolie
• Hyperbale
• Hyperboly

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As someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door," is an example of . . .

• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Cliche'

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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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