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Which figure of speech is exemplified by lines 149–151 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III?

Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, / so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note.
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simile
simile

metaphor
metaphor

personification

Answer 1

personification

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Which of the following is the antecedent for the pronoun them in the sentence below?

Penelope and her maids walked towards the suitors and gave them the bow.
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Penelope
Penelope

her maids
her maids

the suitors

Answer 3

the suitors

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What does the word sense most likely mean in line 69 of the excerpt from The Odyssey, Part III?

You bleary vagabond, no rag of sense is left you!
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intuition
intuition

rationality
rationality

sensibility
sensibility

Answer 5

rationality