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is this a metaphor?
Our shadow painted the sand
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Language and Style Unit Test
3 of 113 of 11 Items Question Use the sentences to answer the question. As Lucia left home on her
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whats the difference between figurative language and figure of speech? I have been look online for a while please tell me !!
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Stripped of its summer wealth
can the bough be wan as a root go dingy in spells of frost untrimmed of its bird its fruit? no-
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sam
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hy:)can someone help me?i really need to know the difference between metaphor and metonymy..can you give me an example?
http://ww
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Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics.
Jackie was trying to be facetious, but instead she accidentally
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JACK HAMMMMMMER
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Categorize each item as an example of either "Allegory," "Hyperbole," "Personification," or "Symbolism."
Put responses in the
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Which figure of speech is an example of paradox?
A. As Hamlet said, "I must be cruel, only to be kind." B. Writing with a broken
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Use the passage to answer the question.
Nueva York is the city of commotion and mobility. The noise can be so intense that it
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Use the sentence to answer the question.
The CEO's inability to see the looming issues with his supply chain left as vulnerable
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jaema
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Read the following definitions of key terms from this unit. Which of these definitions does not match the term correctly?
Analogy
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mimi
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What is a hyperbole?(1 point) Responses a literary style used by most fiction writers a literary style used by most fiction
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lil beby
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"Something invisible, seeking shelter from the cruel and pitiless vacuum of space." Is an example of:
a. metaphor b.
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Maddison
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What is hyperbole?
* Expressing less than what is actually happening or expected When the opposite of what is expected happens An
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To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all" - Which of the following stylistic
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some
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“The soup gurgles and splats on the stove when it boils over” is an example of
metaphor simile hyperbole onomatopoeia
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Thanks Bot
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“There is a metric ton of books in my backpack” is an example of
onomatopoeia personification hyperbole simile “My backpack
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Blue Berry
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Which figure of speech is used in the line below from "Sonnet
130"? “If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.” (1
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Red Rider
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Which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149-151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III?
Then slid his right hand down
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Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Various technologies have been developed to help militaries easily identify their
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Which figure of speech is used in this text?
The city of Oxford is currently experiencing a minor crisis. Its sanitation workers
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Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. —attributed to John Lennon paradox
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Which figure of speech is used in this text?
Luther's leaving his job? That's old news. He's been planning that for months.
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Which figure of speech is used in this text?
After spending weeks in New York City, Tina was a bit unnerved by the deafening
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Which figure of speech is used in this text?
I've heard that Pamela & Co. is downsizing, so I'm happy to see that their store in
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Which figure of speech is used in this text?
I don't think we'll be able to go hiking with you this weekend; we have an endless
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which of these is not a correct term and definition pair?
a allusion- reference to another text or historical topic b analogy- a
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No one
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What is a literary device in which two dissimilar items are compared using like or as?
A: Metaphor B: Simile C: Aside D: Analogy
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Multiple Choice
Which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149–151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III? Then slid his
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what i used in this sentence: rhetorical question or irony and why
the species will disappear faster than a Houdini magic trick
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Multiple Choice
Which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149–151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III? Then slid his
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Which of the following is a simile?(1 point) Responses the feeling caused by a word the feeling caused by a word an obvious
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unknown SSSSSSS
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Identify which figure of speech the following phrase represents. "The golden, molten notes of the oboe... A: alliteration B:
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- Example: "Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt."
- Explanation: This is an exaggeration of the number
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what is hyperbole
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the noob
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Which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149-151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III?
Then slid his right hand down
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is “ miss duck said, “Drake dear” a
idiom alliteration hyperbole as simile
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Which of the following is a metaphor?
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as an implied comparison without using
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Which choice describes an allusion
A part of speech An interpretation A figure of speech A sound device
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Melissa is decorating a pair of jeans in art class. She decides to use all the craft supplies to decorate it. She adds glitter,
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William and I love to play board games. But he is such a clever fox that he always wins!
Which figure of speech, or literary
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Which choice describes an allusion
A figure of speech A sound device An interpretation A part of speech
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Which of the following is a simile? (1 point)
• an obvious exaggeration • a comparison between two unlike things using like
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Use the sentences to answer the question.
The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord. In one to two
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In the metaphor "Time is a thief," what is the implied comparison?(1 point)
Responses Time is a criminal who steals possessions.
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Colin
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What is a metaphor?(1 point)
Responses when a nonliving thing is given human qualities when a nonliving thing is given human
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which sentence contains an example of alliteration? (1 point)
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TREY PILGRIM
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Which choice describes an allusion?
a sound device a figure of speech a part of speech an interpretation
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Help
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Identify the figure of speech.
Ask yourself: What word or phrase has a meaning that is different from its literal meaning? What
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someonexc
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Which choice describes an allusion?(1 point)
Responses an interpretation an interpretation a part of speech a part of speech a
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English Language
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Idioms
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