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The CEO's inability to see the looming issues with his supply chain left him in the same position as the captain of the Titanic.
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What is the allusion in this passage?
Sunshine on the snow glittered so fiercely that, even though she wore sunglasses, Monica
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Emily needs help with English Homework
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Allusion-
1 Why did the author refer to "Hansel and Gretel"? 2 Why did this folk tale emphasize the horror of the Holocaust for
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Which sound device is expressed by the bolded letters? A big black bear blew a big black bubble. rhyme repetition alliteration
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the line " I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of
A. a metaphor B. a simile c. a couplet d. alliteration
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tonya
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What literary device is this, "The rotten fruit squashed between my fingers when I squeezed it to hard"?
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16. What is the effect of the author’s use of assonance in the following line from “The Raven?”
“For the rare and radiant
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saliha
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1.The way an author views a character or a character's actions is conveyed through
tone an allusion word choice figurative
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Use the sentence to answer the question.
I knew I was in trouble when my mother said, "I've told you a million times to clean
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Jaylynn
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What is the best definition of the term satire?
A. Using humor and wit to reveal the strenghts of someone or something. B. Using
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Callie
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what three words create assonance in the stanza One day a girl went walking and stepped into a store she bought a pound of
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tracy
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Both texts deal with racial discrimination. How does the structure of poem help convey this meaning in a way that the prose
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Bizuwerk ;)
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An exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
Question 9 options: Malapropism Irony Imagery Hyperbole
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Anonymous
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was mark twains book adventures of tom sawyer literary device be considered humor?
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Anonymous
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Read the following poem and answer the question that follows.
"I Like to See it Lap the Miles" by Emily Dickinson I like to see
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Laura
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Which of the following words printed in italics in the following sentences is most likely to convey a denotative meaning?
(The
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Unmei
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The autor of the play The Rising Moon named the play after an actual song.This is an example of A)a foil B)dramitic irony C)an
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Rebecca
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Read these lines from Siegfried Sassoon's "Dreamers."
"And mocked by hopeless longing to regain/Bank holidays, and picture shows,
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dbh
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Select the correct answer.
What is the meaning of the term foreshadowing? A. a person remembering past events in a story B. a
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John B
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Select the correct answer from the list. The Blank is the way a character. The narrator or the reader sees what is happening in
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Amy
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Select the correct answer from the list. Writers create blank by leading the reader to expect something to happen.
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Amy
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is an ingenious way to show rather than tell, but it also provides a great de of valuable insight for the reader. O dialogue O
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Johnnyfat84
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The practice of representing ideas with simpler objects or events is called: (1 point)
O compare and contrast O plot O symbolism
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Johnnyfat84
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what language technique is in brackets:
"he actually watched a bowl of oranges rise unaided off a sideboard, (as if a clever
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Explain the meaning of(as the raindrops slowly slide down
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Tshepo
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Match each narrative technique to its definition.
Match Term Definition Dialogue A) Conversation between characters Flashback B)
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Joanie
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A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as is
alliteration hyperbole a metaphor a simile
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Joanie
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. In ‘City Johannesburg’ the persona addresses the city directly, this is called ---
Apostrophe Confrontation Direct speech
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The meaning of a symbol must suggest more than the representative of a class or type.
The story furnishes a clue that a detail is
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Yo mama
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After the cacophony of screeching brakes and grinding gears, there followed the comparatively static hum of engines, and drivers
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no
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Satire
a persuasive appeal to the emotions the use of an unexplainable event to resolve a story poking fun at human folly the
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no
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For what type of irony does the audience know something the character does not?
comic irony dramatic irony irony of situation
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no
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Identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below (taken from Act IV, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet).
Friar Lawrence:
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” the literary device of foreshadowing is used to create mystery when
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In the story “The Gift of the Magi,” which of the following is an example of allusion?
A. the description of Della's hair as
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Read the paragraph.
Jamile is a recording secretary of our school's student council. His primary job is to take notes at each
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basket
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The phrase “seven sassy singers” is an example of:
Choose the best answer from the options below: A simile B personification
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In the poem “Dreams,” Langston Hughes uses the literary device ____________ when he writes: “If dreams die, Life is a
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In the poem “Harlem,” when Langston Hughes asks whether a “dream deferred” dries up “like a raisin in the sun,” he
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for what reason might an author use onomatopoeia in a story or poem?
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no name
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Which phrase describes verbal irony?
Responses irony that is expressed through speech explain
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him
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Which are examples of dramatic irony in " The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Select all that apply A. At first, the neighbor does not know the
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Jdhaush
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How are repetition and symbolism related in a literary text?(1 point)
Responses Authors use repetition to add layers of symbolism
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boom boom
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33. If you wished to make an explicit comparison of two dissimilar things without using like or as, you would use a (1 point)
sim
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15. Why might an author use a metaphor to enhance the meaning of fiction or poetry? (1 point)
to create an image in readers’
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deana
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1. An epic simile can be defined as (1 point)
a comparison that describes the epic hero. an extended comparison that uses like or
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i need help
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In Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado the literary device of foreshadowing is used to create mystery when Montresor tells
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AN epic simile can be defined as
A- a comparison that describes the epic hero B- an extended comparison that uses like or as C- a
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Hey bot, can you interpret why a writer uses allusion.
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Ghost
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1. An epic simile can be defined as (1 point)
A]a comparison that describes the epic hero. B]an extended comparison that uses
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which is right
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