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Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

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What does Macbeth mean in this line?
MACBETH:  "Sleep no more!  Macbeth doth murder sleep, the innocent sleep, that knits up the raveled sleeve of care."

• It was cowardly to kill the king as he was knitting
• Someone was talking about knitting so I couldn't sleep.
• I heard a voice saying that I have killed sleep! I'll never sleep well again!
• I killed Duncan, and now I deserve death and to sleep forever

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The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

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Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.

• simile
• metaphor

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What is Lady Macbeth's "prayer" to the spirits after she learns King Duncan is coming?

• She wants to be filled with cruelty, given the hard heart and thick blood necessary to do what has to be done to make Macbeth king.
• She prays that Duncan will die on the way.
• She asks for a sign that her decision is the right one for her husband and for the country.
• She want's her husband's nerve to become stronger.

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The news was a shock for Miguel. He stared at his friends in _____ disbelief. 

• overwhelmed
• alarmed
• surprised
• utter

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Rip Van Winkle's house is best described as:

• stately and large
• weathered and faded
• a large and profitable farm
• a small apartment in the village

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 I was exhausted, so I drank a double espresso. Now I’m _____ awake.

• highly 
• wide 
• thoroughly 
• entirely

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I wasn’t expecting much of a raise, so I was ______ surprised when I got a sizeable raise. 

• welcomely
• happily
• cheerfully
• pleasantly

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pastoral

• a lyric poem that laments the dead

• a poem of a single speaker who expresses his thoughts and feelings

• literature about country life

• a style of writing that ridicules human weaknesses to promote social reform

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