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Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

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What does a mockingbird represent? 

• someone weak or defenseless
• a loved one who has passed on
• someone wise

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Read the following:   “She consoled him.  ‘Don’t you worry none.  He was jus’ a mutt.  You can get another one easy.  The country is fulla mutts.’ “(87)   The author’s use of figurative language serves to emphasize

• the speaker’s viewpoint on community spirit
• the speaker’s interest in animals  
• the speaker’s viewpoint of societal differences
• the speaker’s feelings of societal norms

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"Similes, metaphors, and imagery" are types of...

• Explicit Language
• Implicit Language
• Figurative Language
• Loaded Language

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When Shakespeare says:
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
This is an example of:

• a simile
• a metaphor
• alliteration
• idiom

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Her voice is full of money. (Whose voice?)

• Jordan
• Daisy

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Which example below is an example of an oxymoron?

• It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.

• He ate flaming hot Cheetos.

• A little pain never hurt anyone.

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There was such a joyful sadness in her beautiful face. What is the oxymoron?

• Beautiful Face
• Such a
• Joyful Sadness
• Beautiful 

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She was shaking like a leaf.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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My cat is a log.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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