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100
  1. "There is a way to be good again."

Foreshadowing

100

"The wind, not personal or malicious, was a force, a gale."

  • Correct Answer: Metaphor
  • Potential Answer: Personification
100

"Everywhere I turned, I saw signs of growth."

  • Correct Answer: Metaphor
  • Potential Answer: Symbolism
100

"The tree hadn't borne fruit in years, but it was a lovely old thing."

  • Correct Answer: Symbolism
  • Potential Answer: Imagery
100

"His fingers touched the string."

  • Correct Answer: Imagery
  • Potential Answer: Sensory Detail
200
  1. "I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lips."
  • Correct Answer: Simile
  • Potential Answer: Imagery
200

"A teardrop rolled down my nose and fell on her hand."

  • Correct Answer: Imagery
  • Potential Answer: Symbolism
200

"The smell of chicken kebabs was unmistakable."

  • Correct Answer: Imagery
  • Potential Answer: Sensory Detail
200

"I watched Hassan get raped."

  • Correct Answer: Foreshadowing
  • Potential Answer: Shocking Detail
200

"I dreamed of Baba."

  • Correct Answer: Foreshadowing
  • Potential Answer: Dream Sequence
300

"And that right there was the single greatest moment of my twelve years of life."

  • Correct Answer: Hyperbole
  • Potential Answer: Coming-of-age
300

"Suddenly I was on a roller coaster that only went up."

  • Correct Answer: Simile
  • Potential Answer: Foreshadowing
300

"I loved the idea of skimming over the surface of the water, maybe even taking off like a seagull."

  • Correct Answer: Simile
  • Potential Answer: Foreshadowing
300

"The sun peeked out of the clouds."

  • Correct Answer: Personification
  • Potential Answer: Symbolism
300

"I saw Baba on the day he died."

  • Correct Answer: Flashback
  • Potential Answer: Symbolism
400

"A scream is stuck in my throat."

  • Correct Answer: Metaphor
  • Potential Answer: Imagery
400

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

  • Correct Answer: Metaphor
  • Potential Answer: Irony
400

"He changed the course of Hassan's life with his selfishness."

  • Correct Answer: Irony
  • Potential Answer: Character Development
400

"Amir, my son, where is your enthusiasm?"

  • Correct Answer: Rhetorical Question
  • Potential Answer: Tone (disapproval)
400
  1. "Hassan's blue kite danced high above the trees, above the roof.

  • Correct Answer: Personification
  • Potential Answer: Foreshadowing
500

"There was a monster in the lake. It had grabbed Hassan by the ankles, dragged him to the murky bottom."

  • Correct Answer: Personification
  • Potential Answer: Foreshadowing
500

"They agreed on something that befuddled me: they both wanted to forget the day."

  • Correct Answer: Irony
  • Potential Answer: Conflict
500

"He'd become a ghost, even to me."

  • Correct Answer: Metaphor
  • Potential Answer: Foreshadowing
500

"It was not a matter of gods or huzrut."

  • Correct Answer: Allusion
  • Potential Answer: Cultural Reference
500

"The thing is, this isn't a comedy but a tragedy."

  • Correct Answer: Irony
  • Potential Answer: Genre