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"...flopping like a fish on a line." Who does this describe?

• Candy
• Lennie
• Curley
• Whit

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally 

• extended metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “Wonderful weather we’re having!”

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

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What is verbal irony?

• When what is said is different than what is meant
• When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
• When the audience knows something a character doesn't know. 

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The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one.

• The car is very old.
• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.
• The car is very new.

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I was so angry that I kicked an elephant all the way to Mars!

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Personification
• Alliteration

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WORDS THAT HAVE SIMILAR MEANINGS are called

• ANTONYMS
• HOMONYMS
• SYNONYMS
• SUFFIXES

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"The ship sailed swiftly towards the shore" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Theme
• Metaphor
• Style
• Alliteration

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A simile is... 

• a message
• a comparison using like or as 
• a big smile 
• a poem 

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Mrs. Peace's eyes welled up with an ocean of feeling when all of her students passed the Reading SOL. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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