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What is connotation?

• dictionary definition
• emotional connections; hidden meaning behind a word
• literal definition
• struggle between opposing forces

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My friend is a pain in the neck.

• My friend's neck hurts.
• My friend needs help.
• My friend went to the hospital.
• My friend can be hard to get along with sometimes.

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What are the children remembering when they dream of "gold or a yellow crayon or a large coin?"

• art class
• the sun

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Read these lines from Act 1:
Reason:  Words and numbers are of equal value, for in the cloak of knowledge one is the warp and the other is the woof.
Rhyme:  It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
What do these lines suggest most clearly about Rhyme and Reason?

• They are nervous about sharing their opinions.
• They do not like numbers or words very much.
• They are sensible and able to agree about things.
• They think that starts are better than words or numbers.

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When when an author refers to a famous song, peice of art, location, etc

• Allusion 
• refrain
• Plot
• refers

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What does Darry mean when he says, "You don't just stop living because you lose someone"?

• You should not literally die
• You must go on living your life
• If you're not careful, you will die too
• One day it will get better

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Think about the story of "The Three Little Pigs."

I've always been misunderstood. I'm allergic to hay. I can't help it that when I'm near hay I huff and I puff and I sometimes blow things down. No one has reason to be afraid of me, but sometimes they are. What happened to those poor little pigs is sad, but it was their own fault.

How is the narrator's point of view different from the traditional one? (RL 6.6)

• He claims he had no intention of blowing down the pigs' houses or of eating them, but that his allergies were at fault.

• He claims that he had no intention of blowing down the pigs' houses, but wanted to eat them up.

• He claims that he had no intention of blowing down the pigs' houses or of eating them, but he just wanted to scare them.

• He claims that another wolf blew the pigs' houses down and blamed it on him,

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An object or idea that represents something larger or more important than itself is...

• a symbol

• a conflict

• a flashback

• a genre

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“Events cast their shadow long before” was a proverb to mean

• Most bad things happen at night

• There are small signs that something bad will happen before it does.

• The earthquake was a punishment from Allah.

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An imaginary fear in "Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All" is

• shadows on the wall

• bad dogs barking loud

• dragons breathing flame

• boys pulling my hair

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