TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.7

'...solitary as an oyster' is an example of ...

• a simile
• a metaphor 
• allusion
• idiom

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“I fought my way to the coffee cauldron like a wild beast.” What two items are being compared in this simile?

• The concentration camp and a wild jungle
• The wild beast and the cauldron
• The cauldron and Elie
• Elie and a wild beast

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TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.7

The following quotation is an example of what literary term?
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the east and Juliet is the sun!

• simile
• metaphor
• personification

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The whole world was staring at me.

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

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What word is more negative?

• Confident
• Egotistical
• Prideful
• Secure

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TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.7

What literary element does Hughes use in his poem "A Dream Deferred" to show his central idea?

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.A.7

Which quote from The Most Dangerous Game could be labeled as irony?

• "The paddling sound of feet on the soft earth..."

• "He lived a year in a minute..."

• "The world famous game hunter was now being hunted as game himself..."

• "The impulse to cry aloud with joy..."

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giving human traits to non-living things

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

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What does your brain against mine mean?

• We will use our knowledge of hunting to kill eachother

• My brain is smarter than yours

• My brain is going to fight your brain

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Seeing the car accident was a bad experience.

• a compelling

• an authentic

• an horrible

• an unnerving

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