E1H Midterm Vocab Review

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My love is like a red, red rose.

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Simile

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Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.

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Metaphor

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Snow speaks to the people; falling in the sunlight, its sparkling voice echoes through the air.

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Personification

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Deafening silence in the crowd.

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Oxymoron

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Dramatic exaggeration for comic effect or heightened emotion.

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Hyperbole

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After reading the quote, infer its meaning: "Lula stopped, but she said, 'You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here—they got their church, we got our'n.'" Lula's absence left a mass of colored people, with Zeebo welcoming Jem and Scout, saying, 'Don't pay no 'attention to Lula.'

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First experience of racism for Jem and Scout; they feel judged.

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Scout reflects on her time with Calpurnia in the kitchen, realizing that being a girl involves positive traits.

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Being a girl involves having positive traits.

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Quote from "Four Skinny Trees" in The House on Mango Street includes all devices EXCEPT:

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Allusion

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Using a socially acceptable term instead of an inappropriate one.

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Euphemism

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In the line, "great" most likely means:

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