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^{_{What rhymes with ______?}}

• mat
• bed

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Which phrase has a positive connotation? 

• Ratty clothes 
• Casual clothes 

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What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

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Which is not an example of hyperbole...

• That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding on a dinosaur.
• I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.
• Rita's eyes were as black as coal.
• We are so poor; we don’t have two cents to rub together.

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What does the word "connotation" mean?

• The dictionary definition of a word.
• The way a word makes you feel.
• The word choice of the author.
• A connection between two different words.

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What does Mrs. Jones mean when she tells Roger that "shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet."

• Devilish shoes burn your feet.
• People who buy shoes with stolen money will be punished.
• If you buy shoes that don't fit, they will hurt so much that it will feel as if your feet are burning.
• If you buy shoes with stolen money, your sense of guilt will make you feel as if the shoes are burning your feet.

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"Wow! You live in a mansion!  It must be easy to keep both rooms clean."

• Dramatic
• Situational
• Verbal

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Idiom: What does it mean to "get canned" or "get the can"?

• bring a can of food

• get fired

• throw something away

• recycle

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What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

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We traveled out east to avoid the Michigan cold and drove right into a surprise snow storm out east.

• irony

• not irony, just unfortunate

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