CCELA REGENTS REVIEW

He behaved like a snake in the grass, quietly slithering through the party listening, unnoticed to all conversations.

• The sentence above is an example of literal language

• The example above is an example of figurative language

He behaved like a snake in the grass, quietly slithering through the party to listen, unnoticed to all the conversations

• This is an example of a metaphor

• This is an example of hyperbole

• This is an example of a simile

• None of These

True or False: This is figurative language: This good news is music to my ears!

• True

• False

This good news is music to my ears!

• This is an example of a imagery

• This is an example of a simile

• This is an example of a metaphor

• This is an example of a theme

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

• This is an example of irony.

• This is an example of imagery.

• This is an example of literal language

• This is an example of personification

Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name. This means...

• The pie tastes terrrible

• The pie can actually talk

• Rita cannot resist the urge to eat the pie

• Rita is afraid of the pie

The buttery, warm, deliciousness of the movie theater popcorn was slippery on my fingers as I licked them one by one.

• This is imagery

• This is characterization

• This is a simile

• None of these

I should use the bilingual text to translate words in the questions you don't know.

• True

• False

I should try to use the process of elimination to help me make a more focused guess.

• True

• False

What is the big point an author is making in a paragraph or text?

• A literary element

• A central idea

• A counterclaim