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The word thin, as in "you are very thin" has a _______ connotation.

• positive
• negative

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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs  for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the samee moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of hearing.

• "he took the box of matches"
• "went downstairs for a candle"
• "squeaky mouse scurried noisily"
• The matches fell from his hand.

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If Salva had known all the adversity he was going to face when he started his journey he might have preferred to have died right there and save him the trouble.
What does adversity mean?

• troubles and difficulties
• people
• lions and crocodiles
• starvation and drought

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Literature that is written in verse and uses rhythm and rhyme to share a strong feeling with the reader.

• Historical Fiction
• Non Fiction
• Poetry
• Traditional Fiction

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The fog crept across the lake - the writer used personification to convey what message?

• To convey that it was very foggy 
• To convey that the fog was on the lake and add to the tone 
• To convey that the fog moved eerily on the lake and add to the mood
• To convey the setting 

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A______ is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".

• simile
• figurative speech
• metaphor

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Simile:

• a purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humor

• comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as cold as ice.”

• comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was ice.”

• human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea, e.g. “The wind exhaled.”

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Verbal Irony occurs:

• When the speaker says the opposite of what he/she means

• Most often in pieces of fiction

• If the speaker doesn't realize he/she said something offensive

• When everyone knows what is being talked about except one person

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"I heard our Ford's vvrrrooooom and thought: Soda's driving."

What kind of figurative language is this?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

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The pattern of rhyme in a poem based on the final word in each line. We use the letters of the alphabet to mark the pattern.

• stanza

• couplet

• enjambment

• rhyme scheme

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