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Which literary element is shown below?
The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;
What is her burying grave, that is Rainbow in her womb;

• parable
• paradox
• parody
• satire

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Throughout the Epic, dawn (the morning) is frequently described as "young Dawn with fingertips of rose." This expression is an example of an

• Epic Simile
• Epithet
• Epicenter
• Epcot

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To what does Juliet not want Romeo to swear his love?

• a light in the dark
• the sun
• the moon
• a rose

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"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The walls
• The scream
• The room
• The orange

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What sight sends the boys running in the dark? 

• The parachute being blow down the mountain
• Jack going on a killing spree
• The beast attacking Simon
• The Lord of the Flies comes to life

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What does the Raven symbolize in this poem?

• The speaker's grief and lonliness
• The evil that haunts him
• The love that he had for Lenore
• Nature and how it affects human emotions

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The boy from district 11, Thresh, is compared to what?

• giants 
• oxen 
• horses 
• elephants 

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The main character notices that his tea tastes like...

• spoiled cream

• kippers

• cleaning chemicals

• bitter almonds

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The snow is a white blanket.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

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

I carved

a massive cake of beeswax into bits

and rolled them in my hands until they softened -

no long task, for a burning heat came down

from Helios, lord of high noon. Going forward

I carried wax along the line, and laid it

thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb

amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast,

and took themselves to rowing.

• Skylla

• Sierenes

• Kirke

• Prowling Rocks/ Drifters

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