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"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?" This is an example of: A.) Simile B.) Metaphor C.) Imagery
A.) Simile
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"Fire I can see fire! I can see fire!" Is an example of: A.) Atmosphere B.) Tone C.) Understatement
A.) Atmosphere Explanation: An emotional mood is created.
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How to fix this sentence so that it uses imagery: "The witch was ugly." A.) As is B.) The witch had a long nose and had a lot of zits.
B.) The witch had a long nose and had a lot of zits.
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A mother tells her son a story of a family vacation from when she was younger. Is this an example of antecedent?
This is an example of anecdote because it is a short narrative.
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"She does not like washing clothes or doing house work" is an example of...
Syntax Syntax is the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.
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"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky." Is an example of: A.) Allusion B.) Apostrophe C.) Simile
B.) Apostrophe Explanation: It directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer.
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The Eyes of Doctor TJ Eckleburg is an example of: A.) Motif B.) Allusion C.) Symbol
C.) Symbol
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How can this sentence be a clause, "Talks to Vera."? A.) As is B.) Emma talks to Vera during class.
B.) Emma talks to Vera during class. For a clause it necessary to have a subject and a verb.
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He that voluntarily continues ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces, as to him that should extinguish the tapers of a lighthouse might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwrecks. Is this an example of analogy?
Yes, it is because there is similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
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Money corrupts in the Great Gatsby is an example of...
Theme It is the central idea.
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"Your eyes whispered have we met." Is an example of: A.) Metaphor B.) Simile C.) Personification
C.) Personification Explanation: This is an example of personification because eyes can not Whisper, so they would be giving eyes human characteristics.
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"The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents." is an example of: A.) Biblical Allusion B.) Antecedent C.) Ambiguity
A.) Biblical Allusion Explanation: It refers to the wise men.
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Can this statement be an euphemism: "You're fired!" A.) As is B.) I'm going to have to let you go.
B.) I'm going to have to let you go. Euphemisms substitute harsh language for nicer language.
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Does “Shut the door!” create the mood? True or False
True
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A waitress is remarkably rude and impatient with a doting couple. She is extremely kind, though, to a quiet man who is eating alone with a book is an example of...
Juxtaposition is is the placement of two or more things side by side
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"Lose yourself in the music." Is an example of: A.) Connotation B.) Allusion C.) Metaphor
A.) Connotation Explanation: He's not really lost in the music.
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They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed.… “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such beautiful shirts before.” Is an example of? A.) Inference B.) Point of View C.) Irony
C.) Irony
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What transition can be added to the following sentence, "_____ she went to school, she went home. A.) Before B.) After C.) Both A &B
C.) Both A & B
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You slimy, gooey piece of squirming tentacle, get your visually stinking self away from me is an example of invective. True or false?
True Invective is an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong, abusive language.
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They do not seem the happiest couple around is an example of...
Litotes is a figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.
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"Alone together" is an example of: A.) Diction B.)Oxymoron C.) Ambiguity
B.)Oxymoron Explanation: Alone together is contradicting.
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Is an example of: A.) Antithesis B.)Foreshadowing C.) Ambiguity
A.) Antithesis Explanation: An opposition or contrast of ideas expressed by parallel words that are opposites or strongly contrasting
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What is needed to make this an example of anaphora? It was the worst, best, joyful day.
It was the worst, it was the best, it was the most joyful day. Anaphora is the repetition of the same clause at the beginning of the sentence.
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“He maintained a business and his innocence.” is an example of zeugma, true or false.
True
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The words, "girl" and "babe" are both used in society. Which word is denotation and which word is colloquial?
"Girl" is denotation because it is the strict, literal, dictionary definition. "Babe" is colloquial because it is slang.