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When Daisy states that Tom Buchanan is a "...brute of a man, a great, big, hulking physical specimen of a------" (12), she is 

• being sarcastic
• being lighthearted 
• completely irate
• mournful  

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What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted.  "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!" 

• pleased
• suspicious 
• happy
• angry

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Piggy compares seeing Jack to  _______________

• Like having an asthma attack and not the inhaler
• Like asthma and you can't breathe
• Like having asthma
• Like having breathing problems.

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How does the Nurse feel when she returns to the Capulet house after finding Romeo?

• tired
• scared
• depressed
• impatient

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In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?

• “What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’”
• “Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!”
• “Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.”
• “On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— / Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”

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"Where would we be without this tradition? Ever since our forefathers landed at Plymouth Rock, we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving without fail, making more than cherished recipes. We’ve made memories."

• logos
• ethos
• pathos

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Imagery

• A type of poem that only contains images
• Visualization
• The use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images. 
• The use of pictures

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Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?

• Logos
• Ethos
• Pathos

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Read the passage and answer the question:
"My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me."   -Rossetti, "A Birthday" 
Which word best describes the tone?

• Sorrow
• Happiness
• Excitement
• Nervousness

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When analyzing mood, what most the actual quote show? 

• Quotes must describe an ATMOSPHERE, a FEELING, a POWERFUL IDEA or a CHARACTER’S MOTIVATION. 
• How the reader feels.
• How the author feels.
• Describe how a metaphor or simile compares two unlike things. 

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