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Kevin's interest in model cars has turned into a hobby. If you change the word hobby to obsession, the word now has a _____ connotation.

• positive
• negative

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That hotel room was so small that even the mice had hunched
shoulders.

• Understatement
• Hyperbole
• Litotes
• Antithesis

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What literary element is used when Chopin says "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease- of joy that kills"

• Irony
• Foreshadowing
• Characterization
• Symbolism

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What is the meaning of this personification?
"The stairs groaned as we walked on them."

• The stairs were slippery when they walked.
• The stairs cracked open when they walked.
• The stairs squeaked when they walked.

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What is the meaning of the idiom "I can't stop smiling. I've been on cloud nine all day."? 

• you are really high 
• you feel joyful 
• clouds are white 

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"Connotative wording that attempts to influence the reader/listener" is the definition of...

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

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Look at the sentence. What type of figurative language is being used?
Kae was so bored he was pulling his hair out!

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• hyperbole

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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

• Assonance
• Consonance
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

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What is Shakespeare referring to when he says "but thy eternal summer shall not fade"?

• His love's love
• His love's beauty
• His love's hate
• His love's friendship

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What does "Rough winds shake the darling buds of May" mean?

• strong winds destroy spring flowers
• Strong winds cannot touch the flowers
• Strong winds don't stand a chance against his love

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