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The object represents intelligence and seeing clearly.

• Glasses
• Conch
• Scar
• Binoculars

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 Which sentence is a metaphor?

• Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
•  All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines.
•  Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
• The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 

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The thunder roared and the lightning cracked during the storm.
What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Metaphor

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A pilot with a fear of heights

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

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What does a raven typically symbolize? 

• it doesn't mean anything
• good luck or good omen
• Bad luck or bad omen

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In Greek mythology, Achilles's mother dips him in a river that protects his body wherever it touches. His heel does not get wet, so it is the one part of his body left unprotected. During the Trojan War, an arrow hits Achilles in the heel and kills him.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Red velvet cupcakes were Stacy's Achilles's heel when she was trying to eat more healthily. 

• A source of strength
  
• A sole weakness
  
• A feeling of false strength
• All of the above

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"As the sun goes down and rises each day, so does our opportunity to start over and begin a new day."

• analogy (a comparison of two things)
• allusion 
• personification 
• hyperbole

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Poe uses several similes comparing Usher to what kind of addict?

• opium

• cocaine

• meth

• codeine

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Why does an author use symbolism in their literary piece?

• To convey double meanings about a topic or subject

• To show the importance of symbols

• To help the reader understand the setting

• To make the story longer

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"They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing..." were examples of

• tangible weights.

• intangible weights.

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