"Your backyard is a Garden of Eden." What is the meaning of this allusion?

The backyard is beautiful and perfect.

In the metaphor, “After the failed romance, her heart became stone,” means:

She became bitter and unwilling to love again.

words expressing something contrary to truth or feeling

Which phrase has the strongest connotation that they shouldn't be in their parent's closet?

"I glance at the PRIVATE stamped on the front"

when the audiences knows and the character(s) does not

Supporting details are...

statements that explain and illustrate the authors main idea

Does the word childish have a positive or negative connotation, and why?

Negative, because childish implies silly or immature

What defines an unreliable narrator?

A narrator that the audience can't trust

What is a universal theme?

Themes that a wide range of readers can relate to.

A story told by an "all-knowing" narrator from outside the story

third person omniscient point of view

What is the definition of an allusion?

A reference to a well-known person, book, object, event

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"Your backyard is a Garden of Eden." What is the meaning of this allusion?
The backyard has a unique design.
The backyard is unsightly and evil.
The backyard is beautiful and perfect.
The backyard is difficult to maintain.
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The way an author organized the selection
stage direction
timeline
text structure
setting
3
When a text is written in order of time- it is:
target
chronological
action
origin
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In the metaphor, “After the failed romance, her heart became stone,” means:
She has a serious heart condition.
She was scared to go out on a date.
Her heart became the size of a stone.
She became bitter and unwilling to love again.
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The person telling a story
antagonist
narrator
author
character
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Verbal Irony is
irony in which actions have an effect opposite from intended
incongruity between expectations and reality
words expressing something contrary to truth or feeling
when something happens that is different from expectations
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A comparison without using "like" or "as."
simile
idiom
metaphor
genre
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Narrator uses pronouns I, me, and my. The story is about the person telling the story.
third person point of view
biography
omniscient point of view
first person point of view
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What is the theme of this poem?
Always trust others.
Trying new things is always good.
Think before you act.
Never give up
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What the text is mostly about- A summary statement
problem
solution
theme
central idea
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Which phrase has the strongest connotation that they shouldn't be in their parent's closet?
"I guess the mystery is too much"
JB is standing with a look that says BUSTED
"I glance at the PRIVATE stamped on the front"
"the bedroom closet is off limits"
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Dramatic irony is
when the audiences knows and the character(s) does not
used with Marlow going up river
expressed through the voice of a character
is in Robert Frost's "Mending Wall."
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Literary device giving human qualities to non humans
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
alliteration
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What is the theme of the poem?
There is beauty in nature.
Appreciate what you have.
Relationships are everything
Try your best
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The perspective a story is told from
point of view
personification
origin
narrator
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Supporting details are...
the authors main point which is stated directly or implied
the title of the passage
the subject
statements that explain and illustrate the authors main idea
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Literary device of a comparison using "like" or "as."
genre
metaphor
idiom
simile
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Does the word childish have a positive or negative connotation, and why?
Positive, because childish implies silly or immature
Negative, because childish implies youthful and young
Positive, because childish implies youthful and young
Negative, because childish implies silly or immature
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What defines an unreliable narrator?
A narrator with a funny accent
A narrator that the other characters can't trust
A narrator who doesn't show up to do the reading
A narrator that the audience can't trust
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What is a universal theme?
Are used in essays to think the same way about an issue.
Themes that a small group of readers can relate to.
Themes that a wide range of readers can relate to.
Only stories with universal themes are considered literature
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A story told by an "all-knowing" narrator from outside the story
third person limited point of view
autobiography
first person point of view
third person omniscient point of view
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The message, lesson or moral of a story or poem.
plot
theme
exposition
summary
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Literary term meaning "when and where a story takes place."
timeline
setting
idiom
origin
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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
alliteration
simile
personification
rhyme
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What is the definition of an allusion?
The repetition of consonant sounds.
A reference to a well-known person, book, object, event
A confusion of the 5 senses.

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