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Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?

• "You've done well, Rainsford."
• "I hope you have a good night's rest."
• "We try to be civilized here."
  "Civilized? And you shoot down men?"
• "...On guard, Rainsford."

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Identify the mood of the following sentence:
She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.

• fanciful
• suspenseful
• melancholy

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What is a Pun?

• Words that sound the same but are spelled different 
• Play on words: a joke 
• An idiom 
• Pickle and onion mix

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What is imagery?

• language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature
• the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences
• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

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His ordinary voice sounded like a whisper after the harsh note of the conch.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personfication
• Hyperbole

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The smoke was a tight little knot on the horizon was was uncoiling slowly.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

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Which phrase has a positive connotation? 

• A strong reek
• A strong aroma

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Her love is a blanket.

• simile
• metaphor

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When Harper Lee starts the novel by saying her brother Jem broke his arm, and she "maintain[s] that the Ewells started it all", that is an example of...

• Foreshadowing
• Allegory
• Metaphor
• Simile

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