Warm-Up Review (Wks. 24-26)

What is the definition of tedious?

• awkward and irrelevant

• long and tiresome

• happy and outgoing

• rude and ignorant

What is the definition of credulous?

• willing to remove an individual from a situation without harm

• willing to believe or trust too readily

• willing to cooperate

• willing to share

What is the definition of blighted?

• to ruin or destroy

• to gain power

• to sharpen the senses

• to initiate a conversation

What is the definition of hasten?

• to push and shove

• to speak loudly and clearly

• to accept an invitation

• to hurry or accelerate

What is the definition of tangible?

• imagined or made-up

• real or actual

• false or incorrect

• misleading or wrong

What is the definition of genial?

• cheerful and cordial

• rude and disrespectful

• ripened

• miscalculated

Which types of figurative language are demonstrated in the example below?

Josh was always trying to act like a Romeo in front of Caroline.

• onomatopoeia

• pun

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

Which types of figurative language are demonstrated in the example below?

One of the most famous likes of Julius Caesar is, “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.”

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

• synecdoche

• oxymoron

Which type of figurative language is demonstrated in the example below?

I hadn’t heard from her in years. Then, completely out of the blue, I received an email from her.

• assonance

• idiom

• pun

• allusion

• irony

Which type of figurative language is demonstrated in the example below?

Heather watched the hummingbirds hovering near the house, moving together in perfect harmony.

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• assonance