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BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

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Don't be a stick in the mud! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

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You look tired. You ____________ go to bed.

• shall

• must

• will

• should

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Which of the following is NOT an oxymoron?

• bittersweet

• civil war

• quick thinking

• pretty ugly

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“ It’s raining cats and dogs.”

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• allusion

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“river glideth at his own sweet will”. What figure of speech is this?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

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"fire-spitting terror" (line 790)

"the gray-bearded lord of the Geats" (line 792)

The above lines are examples of...

• Biblical allusions that demonstrate the importance of loyalty in Anglo-Saxon society

• Kennings that refer to the dragon and Beowulf

• Alliteration that emphasizes Beowulf's bravery

• Kennings that refer to Grendel's mother and Beowulf

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"You are like a ray of sunshine!" is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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Identify the simile

• Earth has nothing to show that is fairer

• The air s bright and glittering

• The city wears the beauty of the morning

• The sun steeps the city in its splendor like a garment

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