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The poem compares "exit" to

• birth
• life
• doors
• death

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The idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining" means..

• Every cloud is outlined in silver
• It was a great movie with Jennifer Lawrence 
• Even difficult days will turn out for the better
• Move on with life

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Which phrase has a more positive connotation?

• a peculiar object

• a unique object

• a strange object

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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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Allusion or Not an allusion?

• Not an Allusion

• Allusion

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The line "each lower leg was a piston" is meant to emphasize...

• The height of the dinosaur compared to the trees.

• The fierceness of the dinosaur

• The inability of the dinosaur to be killed

• the power behind each leg and the dinosaur's ability to move freely.

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Identify the figure of speech. "Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake."

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

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"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

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A comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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Flowery band refers to

• Dreams of myriad hues

• wreath of colored flowers

• beautiful things

• All the options

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