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  • What is mood?
    The way the poem or story is supposed to make the reader feel.
  • What type of figurative language is this? "The ocean is a lovely gift. She's God's great Masterpiece."
    Personification
  • What is the figurative language? The purple jars of night spill.
    Metaphor
  • What is the figurative language? "He whispered to her one day, Depression did."
    Personification
  • What is the figurative language? "Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor."
    Onomatopoeia
  • What type of figurative language is this? "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me"
    Personification
  • What is the figurative language? "One thousand stampeding bison thundering across the plains Couldn't drown out the sound of my heart beating for you."
    Hyperbole/onomatopoeia
  • What is the mood? " . . . by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. a. anger b.sadness c.horror
    c. horror
  • What type of figurative language is this? "We passed the setting sun"
    Alliteration
  • What is the figurative language? "Leaves rustle and crackle in the air."
    Onomatopoeia
  • What is an idiom?
    A saying in which the literal words do not match the meaning.
  • What is the figurative language? "They crashed through houses and left power lines tangled."
    onomatopoeia
  • What is the figurative language? My birthday will never come!
    Hyperbole
  • What is the figurative language? Jerry ran a million miles an hour.
    hyperbole
  • Is this alliteration? However the image enters its force remains within my eyes
    No
  • Is it alliteration? Penelope has saved plenty of pennies
    Yes
  • What two requirements does theme have to meet?
    Has to be given in a sentence. Has to be universal or apply to everyone.
  • What type of figurative language is this? "Sing to me, Autumn, with the rustle of your leaves."
    Personification
  • What type of figurative language? The fountain tossed its water, up and up, like silver marbles.
    Simile
  • What is the setting in the sentence? “The moon was shining brightly as the fox slowly crept toward the chicken coop.”
    Chicken Coop/ the moon shining brightly (at night)
  • What type of figurative language is this? "The woods protected me from everything."
    Personification
  • Is it alliteration? The restless rebels roamed at night.
    Yes
  • What type of figurative language is the following example? When I walked into the room, there was a deafening silence.
    Oxymoron
  • What is the figurative language? Marcel died of laughter after hearing the joke.
    Hyperbole
  • What is the figurative language? Behind me the bright lights blossomed
    Metaphor
  • What is the figurative language? You glow in my heart like the flames of uncounted candles.
    Simile
  • What type of figurative language? The oil upon the puddles dries to colors like a peacock's eyes.
    Simile
  • What is the figurative language? "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole elephant"
    Hyperbole
  • What type of figurative language is the following example? "Cat got your tongue?"
    Idiom
  • What is the word that best matches the authors tone? "My heart is like a rainbow shell/ That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these /Because my love is come to me." a. sorrow b. happiness c.boredom
    a. happiness
  • What is the figurative language? "The familiar rhythm of the cricket's chirps Create the soundtrack for each day"
    Personification
  • What is theme?
    The life lesson or moral of the story/poem.
  • What figurative language is this? "It shushes and It hushes The loudness in the road."
    Onomatopoeia
  • Why is setting important to a story? a.It tells us about the characters b.It lets us know the context of characters’ actions and sets the mood. c.It solves the conflict.
    B. It lets us know the context of characters actions and sets the mood.
  • What is the figurative language? My heart is a nest that had song-birds in it.
    Metaphor
  • What is foreshadowing? a. Giving hints about what will happen later in the text. b. drawing dark shadows. c. staring at your shadow on the ground.
    a. Giving hints about what will happen later in the text.
  • What is the figurative language? "“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—"
    Onomatopoeia
  • What is an oxymoron?
    The use of two opposite words together to make a point.
  • What is the figurative language? Like the stars in the sky, we seem near though we are far apart.
    simile
  • What is the figurative language? A year has gone as the tortoise goes, heavy and slow.
    metaphor
  • What is the figurative language? I told you to clean your room a thousand times!
    Hyperbole
  • What is the figurative language? "Water flowing, swiftly whooshing, always whisking, always pushing"
    Onomatopoeia
  • Is it alliteration? Henry is happy and healthy.
    Yes
  • Which of the following is the best theme statement? a. bullying b. You shouldn't shove people in closets and stop them from seeing the sun. c. You should not bully others. d. kindness e. you should treat everyone with kindness.
    A and/or E
  • What is tone?
    The attitude of the author towards their subject.
  • When should setting be used in a story? a. in the beginning of the story b.when there are new events in the story line c.when the reader needs information to understand the plot. d. All of the above
    d. all of the above
  • Is it alliteration? Love is a word another kind of open
    No
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