eoc in general two sections: literary poetry, nonfiction, short story, excerpts from novels...

EOC in general

Two sections: Literary

Poetry, nonfiction, short story, excerpts from novels

Figurative language, main idea, drawing conclusions

CompositionMUG shots, sentence clarity and variety, run-ons, fragments, spelling, verb usage

80 Questions 260 minutes to take exam Can write/highlight all over the

test MUST make an 80 or higher

Level 3 or 4

EOC in general

EOC General

Take your time and you should do awesome.

June 3, 2010

Take out a sheet of paper to take notes as we go through the game.

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Identify the modifier (adjective/adverb)

I occasionally read books about the Egyptian pyramids.A. ReadB. PyramidsC. BooksD. Egyptian

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Identify the modifier

Today will be partly cloudy, and it will be too cold for a picnic.A. PicnicB. PartlyC. WillD. Today

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Identify the modifier

Bob forgot his running shoes in his gym locker.A. LockerB. ShoesC. BobD. Running

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Identify ALL of the modifiers:

Television networks show a dizzying variety of drama and comedy programs.

Television; Dizzying; Drama; Comedy

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MODIFIER REVIEW

Modifier: a word or group of words that describe

Phrases are used as modifiers to add detail to the sentences

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Usage: Affect vs. Effect

The applause showed how deeply the presentation had _____________ the audience.

Affected

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Do you know what ____________ that medicine will have on you?

Effect

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His attitude was _________________ by his upbringing.

Affected

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AFFECT vs. EFFECT Review

Affect: Verb – shows action Effect: Noun – “The effects of…” (can be

replaced with the word “results”) EFFECT cannot have an ED at the end! EFFECTED

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Usage: Between vs. Among

It is accepted ___________ all scientists that the Earth is round.

AMONG

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The game is ___________ Bob and Sandra—whoever wins, takes home the grand prize!

BETWEEN

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BETWEEN – used when there are only TWO involved

AMONG – used when there are MORE than TWO

Usage: Their/There/They’re

Unable to tolerate the dust one moment longer, Elizabeth spent the afternoon cleaning the living room tables and shelves. Now __________ slippery with furniture polish, glowing in the sunlight that spills through the open window.

They’re

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"Oh, no! _________ are lima beans on my plate!" screamed Noel before he fainted with a thud on the dining room floor.

There

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Mrs. O'Shea spent the day steam cleaning the living room floor. Now her children can hardly find the kitchen without __________ trail of dirty footprints leading the way.

Their

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Bentley, our neighbor's basset hound, has toenails that are so long that ________ curled like macaroni noodles at the ends of his paws.

They’re

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THEIR/THERE/THEY’RE REVIEW Their – shows possession There – shows location, place They’re – They are

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Usage: Your/You’re

[ Your / You're ] a new student here, aren't you?

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[ Your / You're ] doing great! Keep on going!

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[ Your / You're ] quiz is almost finished.

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YOUR/YOU’RE REVIEW

Your – shows possessionYou’re – You are

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Subject-Verb Agreement

She (doesn't, don't) believe your fantastic story.

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Each of the members of our club (has, have) an unusual hobby.

Subject-Verb Agreement27

There (was, were) only two rowboats for rent.


(Was, Were) the rosebushes sprayed yesterday?


There (go, goes) the fire trucks.


There (is, are) a large chair in the corner.


There (is, are) many things to do today.


My aunt is a [good/well] cook.

Usage: Good vs. Well33

Andre knows the material very [good/well] .


Usage: Good vs. Well

How [good/well] or how badly did Sharon perform?

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Was her performance [good/well] or bad?


He always treats us [good/well] .


GOOD vs. WELL REVIEW

Good- adjectiveWell- adverb

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Usage: Than/Then

My younger sister is taller _________me!

Than

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Usage: Than/Then

I decided to go to the mall and ______ to the arcade.

Then

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Usage: Than/Then

This pizza is much better __________ I remember!

Than

THAN/THEN Review

Than – shows comparison Then – TIME

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Identify the sentence fragment

A Lying awake in the dark room, staring up at the shadows that danced across the ceiling. B Jason worried about the shuffling and thumps that he heard outside. C

Raccoons—not knife-wielding, psycho escaped convicts—were prowling behind the house.

A

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A To keep the cat from sleeping on her new convertible's canvas top. B Kim leaves the garden hose out. C Like a gunslinger in a Western, she "duels" with Rocky, the family's orange tom, who hisses as vehemently as the forceful spray of water.

A

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A While eating the plate of sesame chicken, Maria was thankful for her skill with chopsticks. B Eating utensils that required only one hand to use. C For Maria's left hand was pinned to the booth by Hunter, her five-year-old son who lay sleeping after a long day of shopping at the mall.

B

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A To save money on a haircut that he badly needed. B Raja let Tina, his roommate and an aspiring stylist, trim his shaggy head. C Honestly, a blender or a weed whacker could have done a better job!

A

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SENTENCE REVIEW

Independent clauses – have a subject and verb and complete a thought

Dependent clauses – have a subject and verb, but do NOT complete a thought (usually begin with subordinating conjunctions – which, that, after, before, etc.)

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Identify the type of phrase:

The science field trip is to the Natural History Museum.

Prepositional

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It was the Rouse family’s lucky day when they adopted a cat named Doc from Pets Rescued, a shelter for unwanted or abandoned pets.

Appositive

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Identify the type of phrase

As the family walked down the beach, the children decided to scamper up to the lighthouse.

Infinitive

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Pouncing on the slumberers and mewing loudly, the cat woke up everyone at three in the morning.

Participial

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Running with her umbrella clutched in her hand, Sara, a student at the university, ran like wildfire to her presentation.

Appositive

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Sheridan, showing up quite late for work, tried giving excuses to his boss Mr. Frederick in order to keep his job.

Participial

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PHRASE REVIEW

Appositive: renames a noun Participial: verb ends in –ing or –ed,

describes a noun Infinitive: starts with “to” followed by a

verb Prepositional: begins with a preposition

(to, for, in, etc.) and ends with a noun

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Identify the figurative language

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.

Simile

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The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

Metaphor

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The cave groaned with its ancient voice as we entered the darkness.

Personification

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The plink plink of the rain on the top of my tent made me realize that packing up the campsite would be miserable this morning.

Onomatopoeia

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Define

Allusion

a reference to a well-known place, literary work, famous person, or historical event

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Define

Hyperbole

(an exaggeration) making something more than what it truly is

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Give an example of

Alliteration

(answer should repeat initial consonant sounds)

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia Alliteration Personification Allusion

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Identify the point of view

Shelby, the excitable puppy, ran quickly through the yard, knocking over the new garden statue and tearing up the bed of petunias.

THIRD LIMITED

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Identify the point of view

I can’t stand being late to anything! I hate being the person who shows up and walks through the door, interrupting everyone!

FIRST PERSON

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Identify the Point of View

Jacki felt absolutely horrible about what she said to her best friend earlier that day. What was I thinking? she pondered over and over.

THIRD OMNISCIENT

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1. First Person: narrator is part of the story (I, me, my) Ex. The Scarlet Ibis, TKAM

2. Third person: narrator is outside observer

1. Limited: narrator only sees actions and hears dialogue

2. Omniscient: narrator sees ALL (feelings, thoughts, etc.) Ex. The Most Dangerous Game

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Point of View REVIEW

Character Types

Identify an example of a STATIC character from one of our stories and EXPLAIN your choice.

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Character Types

Identify an example of a ROUND character from one of our novels and EXPLAIN your choice.

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Character Types

Identify an example of a DYNAMIC character from one of our novels and EXPLAIN your choice.

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Character Types

Identify an example of a FLAT character from one of our novels and EXPLAIN your choice.

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CHARACTER TYPES REVIEW

Static – character does not change throughout the story

Dynamic – character goes through a significant change throughout the story

Flat – character is given limited description

Round – character is given much description

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Define the following:

PROTAGONIST The main character ANTAGONIST The rival/enemy of the main character

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Conflict Types

Give an example ofPerson vs. Person conflict

two individuals struggle

Give an example of Person vs. Self conflict

an individual struggles with making a decision

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Conflict types

Give an example ofPerson vs. Society conflict

an individual struggles against the ideas of mainstream society (government, culture, etc.)

Give an example ofPerson vs. Machine conflict

an individual struggles against technology

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Grammar Review

The following Saturday morning she opened it up and was very pleased with it’s looks.

A. Change up to up,B. Change very to realC. Change pleased to pleaseD. Change it’s to its

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Grammar Review

However, there was a slight problem; it would not suction nothing.

A. Change However, to HoweverB. Change there was to there isC. Change problem; it to problem, itD. Change nothing to anything

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Grammar Review

We, my father and I both took a look at it, and it did the same thing for us.

A. Change We, to WeB. Change father to father,C. Change I to I,D. Change both to both;

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Which of the following is a RUN-ON?

A. I was recently in your Home Supply Store in Appleton, and I purchased a Neat’n’Clean hand vacuum.

B. I wrapped it, a week later on December 15th, being that I purchased this on December 8th, I gave it to my mom for her 40th birthday.

C. She even called her sister, bragging about what she got.

D. My dad got out his tools, took it apart and worked on it, but once it was put back together, it still did not work properly.

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Which sentence is most CLEAR?A. I bought this item as a gift for my

mother, who needed something like this to clean the inside of her car.

B. I bought this item as a gift for my mother, she needed something like this to clean the inside of her car.

C. A gift for my mother, she needed something like this to clean the inside of her car.

D. My mother, she needed something like this to clean the inside of her car.

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Which sentence is most CLEAR?A. We thought for a while, and then we all

decided to get out the owner’s manual and read it together.

B. The owner’s manual—all together—we got it out and read it.

C. We got out the owner’s manual and read it together.

D. All together, we got out the owner’s manual and read it together.

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Choose the correction:

Sometimes, an experience you expect to be awful turns out to be fun filled and satisfying.

A. fun-filled B. fun fullC. fun fillingD. Make no change

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I had this type of experience once, my parents made me visit a sick relative I had never met before.

A. once my parents made meB. once when, my parents made meC. once; my parents made meD. Make no change

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She occasionally got tired and needed help, she told us, but most days she could do all her own chores and taking care of herself perfectly well.

A. chores and takeB. chores, and takingC. chores. TakingD. Make no change

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Choose the correction

To jet ski, make sure you have gas and oil before you procede with backing into the water.

A. Change have to getB. Change and to orC. Change procede to proceedD. Change into to onto

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Gather several pieces of driftwood test each one for sound quality by striking it in the center.

The marimba is a percussion instrument with wooden bars arranged like the keys on a piano, mallets are used to strike the bars and produce sound.

After you finish reading, I will practice the cello.

That’s loud.


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I love being a police officer because I get to drive a car and shoot a gun and wear a uniform and turn on my flashing lights.

I like Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and I like Fridays because the weekend starts on Friday.

We usually leave at 11:00 but today is different, so we are leaving at 10:30.


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My sister was taller than me when we were young now I am the tallest which is fun.

This afternoon after breakfast Justin, will you wash the car it really

needs it? Sure, I'll wash the car after I eat supper.


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When I get older I want to have a big family, I like big families.

The car looked so wonderful. My father retired from the Air Force

last year; he is writing a book about his experiences.

Jeff mowed the grass this morning and tonight he will water the flowers and bushes.


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We should get moving; there’s no time to waste.

The small girl seemed to be lost, she was crying and looking for her mother.

Mrs. Dawson inherited a large sum of money from her brother so she can buy a new car now.

Kathy and Jerry worked very hard on their project; therefore, they felt they deserved a high grade.


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What is MOOD? What is TONE?

MOOD: the feelings the reader has while reading

TONE: the attitude of the author towards the writing

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Identify the mood:

Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans. Frightening Joyful Suspenseful Sentimental

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Identify the mood:

The laughing wind skipped through the village, teasing trees until they danced with anger and cajoling the grass into fighting itself, blade slapping blade, as the silly dog with golf ball eyes and flopping, slobbery tongue bounded across the lawn. Carefree Gloomy Angrily Sorrowful

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Identify the mood:

He furtively glanced behind him, for hear of his imagined pursuers, then hurriedly walked on, jumping at the slightest sound even of a leaf crackling under his own foot. Melancholy Mysterious Amused Frightening

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Identify the mood:

Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F. Romantic Dramatic Gloomy Happy

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Identify the tone :

“That would be most invigorating,” Anna said, flinging one arm across her forehead like she’d seen the actresses do on old black and white movies. Angry Dramatic Ghoulish Frightened

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Identify the tone :

“Watch as the alien gazes around the car park while he loads his car. He may look like a human on the outside, but on the inside he holds a terrible secret.” Panicky Mocking Sarcastic Warning

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Identify the tone :

“Expiration by perspiration. That’d sound good on your headstone,” said Anna. Pitiful Stunned Dreamy Sarcastic

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Identify the tone:

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” said Nathan from the front passenger seat. Dramatic Matter of fact Frightened Ghoulish

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Which of the following is a FRAGMENT?

We all sat in the front row for the concert.

The man in the house across the street liked to juggle with five oranges.

Found the screwdriver in the garage and I actually fixed the light.

An array of finely tuned instruments.

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The computer screen. Mr. Jones had a picnic with his wife. Mary went shopping at the mall. The sink was full of dishes.


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The cute little kitten had a bell on her collar.

I am excited! But couldn’t find my car keys! I sat on the couch and thought.


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Might buy him a book or a tie. Dad likes thoughtful gifts. I took a look at Dad’s car. I ran down to the auto supply store.


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Almost every town of any size in the United States has a strip of highway.

Ablaze with neon signs inviting the American family to eat everything from tacos and pizza to egg rolls and bagels.

Aubrey is particularly fond of fattening foods.

Establishments that serve soup and salad or vegetarian meals are becoming more and more popular.


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Where he pays, collects his food, and goes on his merry way.

Will you please give me a copy of the report?

I wonder if Sam is in Nebraska. The geraniums will bloom in two months.


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Correct the sentence

On weekends, evenings, and afternoons when they wasn’t working, my parents took us for special field-trips around the islands. Change wasn’t to weren’t Change parents to parent’s Change us to them Change islands to Islands

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This is the kind of unusual entertainment you can expect if you’re parents are marine biologists. Change This is to These are Change kind to kinds Change if to because Change you’re to your

Correct the sentence106

As the story continues, Gene’s troubles, such as his jealousy of Phinea’s ability to talk himself out of anything, extends to the more personal issue of the fatal accident. Change continues to continued Change troubles, to troubles Change extends to extend Change issue to issue:


It’s fragrance was heavenly. Change It’s to Its Change fragrance to fragrances Change was to is Change heavenly to Heavenly


Every day while my parents studied the land crabs that swarm the beaches and golf courses of Bermuda, my brother Nate and me swam in the swimming hole and fed grass to the horse behind our house. Change Every day to Everyday Chance parents to parents’ Change me to I Change swam to were swimming


But the fact that people here have never heard of an accomplishment as nice as Pearse’s is a signal that the relationship needs to be more reciprocal. Accurate Lasting Mutual reported

Meaning: context clues110

In my family, we’re computer rebels. The writer’s family is fighting against the

political authority of the country. The writer’s family differs from the majority

of society in the computers they use. The writer’s family is dissatisfied with large

computers.


“It’s all too easy to get lost in a maelstrom of ambiguity,” says California State University, Northridge, marine biologist Peter Edmunds. Clear Precise Abrupt Inaccurate


Meaning: context clues

There once was in Florence a young man named Federigo, the son of Messer Flippo Alberighi, renowned above all other men in Tuscany for his prowess in arms and for his courtliness. Forthrightness Skill Knowledge strength

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So it often is with science, which depends on serendipity as well as smarts to unearth the truth that has always been there.” Coincidence Popularity Persistence evidence


Identify the figurative language “an oviraptor with a heart of gold”

Hyperbole A cliché Symbolism Simile

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Identify the figurative language “80 million-year-old portrait in

sandstone” Metaphor Hyperbole Symbolism Irony

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Identify the figurative language “The ocean’s the biggest snowflake

ever.” Allusion Personification Metaphor Simile

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Identify the figurative language Baker is about as welcome among some

paleontologists as a raptor in the kitchen Metaphor Simile Personification Symbolism

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The discrepancy between the expected results in a situation and the actual results that occur is Verbal irony Situational irony Dramatic irony


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“His legs worked like part of a well-oiled machine.” Simile Metaphor Hyperbole personification


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“And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain” Imagery Alliteration Simile onomatopoeia


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BONUS QUESTION

Place a wager based on how many points your group has.

What of all things in the world is the longest and the shortest, swiftest and slowest, the most divisible and the most extended, the most neglected and the most regretted, without which nothing can be done. Which devours all that is little and enlivens all that is great.

What is it?

TIME!

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