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What type of literary devices are being used in the following sentence from page 27?
_{"I looked fearfully over my shoulder and there was Two-Bit, grinning like a Chessy cat."}

• Allusion and metaphor
• Metaphor and simile
• Simile and personification
• Simile and allusion

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Which word best describes Mary in the 2nd half of the story?

• Attentive
• Loving
• Angry
• Clever

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A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like" 

• hyperbole 
• metaphor 
• alliteration 
• simile 

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What is a hyperbole?

• An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech. 
• A stretching of the truth. 
• All the above.

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Read the sentences and answer the question. Winning by seven strokes, Jordan Speith won the tournament. Winning by seven strokes, Jordan Speith dominated the tournament. How does the connotation of the word dominated in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose? 

• It shows that he won by a small margin.
• It emphasizes that he easily won.
• It implies that he played with arrogance and pride.
• It implies that he cheated in order to win.

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What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

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What is the overall tone/mood of the story?

• Happy
• Exciting
• Gloomy
• Monotonous

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Which word means: 'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification 
• Idiom

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How do the allusions of Santa vs Scrooge and fantasy lands vs Africa add meaning to the story?

• They emphasize the similarities of past scenes and current scenes in the nursery.

• They are used to create a mood of happiness in the reader.

• They are used to emphasize the contrast between the current situation in the home versus how it was in the past.

• They are meant to remind readers of Christmas traditions.

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The man and the woman had two cans of Bud and called it...

• Breakfast of heroes
• Breakfast of champions
• Breakfast of criminals
• Breakfast of wise

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