1.bryce is reading a passage from his favorite story. he finds the story humorous because of the deliberate exaggeration. the writer describes people, things, or events as if they were much greater than they really are. which literary device is the author using?
a. irony
b. symbolism
c. hyperbole
d. understatement
2.what is an extended metaphor?
a. a metaphor that makes a comparison by using the words “like” or “as”
b. a metaphor that sustains the comparison for several lines, or for an entire poem
c. a metaphor that suggests the comparison rather than stating it directly
d. a commonly used metaphor that has become part of ordinary language
3.read the passage. william and i love to play board games. but he is such a clever fox that he always wins! which figure of speech, or literary device, does the author use in the passage?
a. metaphor
b. imagery
c. personification
d. allusion

This excerpt is from “the poet” by alfred, lord tennyson. the poem describes a poet's consciousness and perception. which three lines suggest the richness of a poet's thoughts? thus truth was multiplied on truth, [the world like one great garden show'd,] and thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, rare sunrise flow'd. [and freedom rear'd in that august sunrise] her beautiful bold brow, when rites and forms before his burning eyes melted like snow. [there was no blood upon her maiden robes] sunn'd by those orient skies; but round about the circles of the globes of her keen eyes and in her raiment's hem was traced in flame wisdom, a name to shake [all evil dreams of power--a sacred name.] and when she spake, [her words did gather thunder as they ran,] and as the lightning to the thunder which follows it, riving the spirit of man, making earth wonder, so was their meaning to her words. no sword of wrath her right arm whirl'd, [ but one poor poet's scroll, and with 'his' word] she shook the world.