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Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?

• Irony
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

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"The table played a cruel joke on Mrs. Cook when it collapsed as she placed her coffee on it."
What human characteristic is being given?

• Playing
• Collapsing
• Not liking coffee
• Tabling

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Which is an example of a simile?

• His room was a hurricane of a mess.
• His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
• A hurricane! AHHH!
• The hurricane screamed through the town. 

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What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

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Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

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Which is an example of hyperbole?

• "With torn and bleeding hearts we smile"
• "Why should the world be overwise"
• "We sing, but oh the clay is vile"
• "But let the world dream otherwise"

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In a well-known folktale, Chicken Little is accidentally hit by something and jumps to the conclusion that the sky is falling and that she must spread the news of imminent disaster.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
The weather forecast called for clear skies, making my grandfather look like Chicken Little. 

• A person who greets trouble with a cheery disposition 
• A person who spreads alarming news of imminent disaster 
• A person who does not believe he or she can get in trouble
• All of the above

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How does Death describe the sky the summer after Max wakes up from his coma?

• Read as blood
• Dark as Death
• Crying with rain
• The color of Jews

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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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A mild or pleasant phrase used instead of one that may be considered unpleasant or offensive
Example:
He "passed away," instead of "He died".

• Parallelism
• Juxtaposition
• Euphemism
• Understatement

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