Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

Open your folder, take out homework, and pass it forward.

What does personification mean?

Giving human like qualities to inanimate objects

A saying that does not mean exactly what it says

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1
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
Open your folder, take out homework, and pass it forward.
Open your folder: take out homework and pass it forward.
Open your folder; take out homework; and pass it forward.
Open your folder, take out homework and pass it forward.
2
What does personification mean?
Repeating consonant sounds
Comparing two unlike objects
Giving human like qualities to inanimate objects
Exaggerating the truth
3
What is an idiom?
A phrase that offers advice
A statement that expresses wisdom
A saying that does not mean exactly what it says
A comparison between two objects
4
Words that mean 'opposites' of each are
Syntonyms
Idioms
Homophones
Antonyms
5
Which term means a well-known proverb that has been used for a long time?
Proverb
Idiom
Adage
Alliteration
6
"Pretty ugly" is an example of what?
Understatement
Hyperbole
Imagery
Oxymoron
7
FANBOYS are examples of
Coordinating conjunctions
Essential
Nonessential
Interrupters
8
"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of what?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Understatement
Personification
9
Which term describes sound words?
Personification
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
10
What is a comparison using the terms "like" or "as"?
Imagery
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
11
A _____ is used to list items and separate hours and minutes.
Semicolon
Colon
Hyphen
Comma
12
A clause must include
subject and verb
subject and preposition
verb and adjective
noun and adverb
13
What is a comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Semicolons
14
A "stitch in time saves nine" is an example of what?
Idiom
Adage
Proverb
Alliteration
15
Words that are spelt alike but have different meanings are
Homographs
Antynoms
Clauses
Synonyms

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