Which term refers to the emotional associations of a word or phrase?
Group of answer choices
metaphor
allusion
connotation
denotation
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Question 42 pts
Why might authors use figurative language in a text?
Please select all that apply.
Group of answer choices
to describe things in a fresh, new way
to create poetic or beautiful images
to give exposition about prior events
to show readers that a text is fiction
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Question 51 pts
What is hyperbole?
Group of answer choices
a direct comparison between two things
repeated first sounds of words
figurative exaggeration
a comparison using like or as
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Question 61 pts
Read this passage from Act 1, Part 6, of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
MRS. PUTNAM (unable to wait): Mr. Parris’s slave has knowledge of conjurin’, sir.
PARRIS (to Mrs. Putnam): We cannot be sure of that, Goody Ann—
MRS. PUTNAM (frightened, very softly): I know it, sir. I sent my child—she should learn from Tituba who murdered her sisters.
REBECCA (horrified): Goody Ann! You sent a child to conjure up the dead?
What is the denotation of the word conjure in this passage?
Group of answer choices
to summon through supernatural means
to dance in a forbidden way
to consult an expert in spiritual matters
to send one’s spirit out of one’s body