"A Retrieved Reformation"
Miscellaneous
Figurative Language
Prefixes & Suffixes
100
Why does the prison warden smile and laugh at Jimmy? F. He feels sorry for Jimmy G. He Knows that Jimmy is lying to him. H. He believes that Jimmy will soon be released. I. He wants to trick Jimmy into believing that he will be released soon.
What is G. He knows that Jimmy is lying to him.
100
Read this sentence from "A Retrieved Reformation" Then an old-fashioned bank safe in Jefferson City became active and threw out of its crater an eruption of banknotes amounting to five thousand dollars. By using the words "threw out of its crater an eruption," the author compares a banke safe to a A. gold mine B. racehorse C. magnet D. volcano
What is D. volcano
100
Which literary device is being used in the lines below: Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now, / Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held:
What is metaphor
100
Which word is the best definition for the word transatlantic? a. overseas b. stationary c. peaceful d. domestic
What is a. overseas
200
Why does Jimmy tell Mike Dolan that he represents the New York Amalgamated Short Snap Biscuit Cracker and Frazzled Wheat Company? A. Jimmy wants to rob a safe at that company. B. Jimmy wants to start a new, honest career as a salesman. C. Jimmy wants him to believe that he is moving to New York. D. Jimmy wants him to know that he is pretending to be a salesman.
What is A. Jimmy wants to rob a safe at that company.
200
What literary device is being used in the lines below? What say you, Hermia? be advised fair maid: / To you your father should be as a god; One that composed your beauties, yea, and one / To whom you are but as a form in wax By him imprinted and within his power / To leave the figure or disfigure it.
What is Simile
300
Read this sentence from the story. A week after the release of Valentine, 9762, there was a neat job of safe-burglary done in Richmond, Indiana, with no clue to the author. This sentence suggests that F. Jimmy robbed the safe in Richmond, Indian. G. there were many active safecrackers besides Jimmy. H. Richmond, Indiana, was a city with an unusually high crime rate. I. The thief who opened the safe had probably not committed this crime before.
What is F. Jimmy robbed the safe in Richmond, Indian.
300
What literary device is being used in the lines below? Not to-night, good Iago: I have very poor and / unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of / entertainment.
What is personification?
400
Why does Jimmy ask the boy outside the Elmore Bank if the woman walking out of the building is Miss Polly Simpson? F. Jimmy thinks that he recognizes the woman. G. Jimmy believes that the woman might be a burglar. H. Jimmy tricks the boy to tell him the woman's name. I. Jimmy wants to see if the boy knows Polly Simpson.
What is H. Jimmy tricks the boy to tell him the woman's name.
400
What literary device is being used in the lines below? I must hear from thee every day in the hour, / For in a minute there are many days: O, by this count I shall be much in years / Ere I again behold my Romeo!
What is hyperbole
500
When they first saw him, both Annabel Adams and the clerk at the Planters' Hotel notice Jimmy's A. fashionable clothing B. suspicious behavior C. polite way of speaking D. impressive-looking suitcase
What is A. fashionable clothing
500
What literary device is being used in the lines below? But if it be a sin to covet honour, / I am the most offending soul alive.
What is hyperbole
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