Match each element of figurative language with its example. symbol metaphor simile hyperbole understatement allusion irony personification synecdoche metonymy a. the sky is low, the clouds are mean,/a travelling flake of snow/across a barn or through a rut/debates if it will go. b. and all the lands belong to the crown. c. i gazed on the forest and burned/out the sahara desert,/with a packet of goat's meat/and a change of clothes/i crossed it in two hours d. one of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you. e. water, water, everywhere,/nor any (but not a. drop to drink. f. how now, mr. shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express g. i think i know enough of hate/to say that for destruction ice/is also great/and would suffice. h. night falls like a wet sponge i. the fog comes/on little cat feet j. the woods are lovely, dark and deep./but i have promises to keep

Which statement is the most accurate summary of this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

How did rick respond to this conflict

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “even though tom was mary thought he was ” and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous.” well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so i never did well on tests like that. how does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt? tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well. tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content. tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability. tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard english limits a person’s ability to communicate.