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Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gathering--mob

• gathering
• mob

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Now kneel, noble knight, on your knobby knees.
This is an example of?

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Idiom
• Alliteration

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anything that stands for something else

• metaphor
• simile
• characterization
• symbol

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A pun is a play on words. What part of the following quote from Mercutio's death is the pun?

"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."

• ask for me

• you shall find me

• a grave man

• there is no pun

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What figurative language technique is being used here?

"A thousands times before

I've wondered if there's something more

Something more"

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

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Which is an example of personification?

• A rose by any other name is just as sweet

• The white clouds swiftly across the sky

• That is the ugliest car that I ever saw.

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Check all responses that ARE similes.

• Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

• Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

• I like to eat steak and potatoes.

• He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

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figures of speech that go beyond literal meaning, like metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole

• Symbolism

• Characterization

• Mood

• Figurative Language

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The ocean heaved a sigh.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

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The fire station burned to the ground.

• Simile

• Allusion

• Irony

• Allegory

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