Question

Which term refers to the emotional associations of a word or phrase?
Group of answer choices

metaphor

allusion

connotation

denotation

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Question 42 pts
Why might authors use figurative language in a text?

Please select all that apply.

Group of answer choices

to describe things in a fresh, new way

to create poetic or beautiful images

to give exposition about prior events

to show readers that a text is fiction

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Question 51 pts
What is hyperbole?

Group of answer choices

a direct comparison between two things

repeated first sounds of words

figurative exaggeration

a comparison using like or as

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Question 61 pts
Read this passage from Act 1, Part 6, of The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

MRS. PUTNAM (unable to wait): Mr. Parris’s slave has knowledge of conjurin’, sir.

PARRIS (to Mrs. Putnam): We cannot be sure of that, Goody Ann—

MRS. PUTNAM (frightened, very softly): I know it, sir. I sent my child—she should learn from Tituba who murdered her sisters.

REBECCA (horrified): Goody Ann! You sent a child to conjure up the dead?

What is the denotation of the word conjure in this passage?

Group of answer choices

to summon through supernatural means

to dance in a forbidden way

to consult an expert in spiritual matters

to send one’s spirit out of one’s body

Answer 1

to summon through supernatural means