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Read the reflection from Kara’s narrative.1 Ironically, it is from my much younger—and, I used to think, less wise—brother that I learned the value of being honest even when a lie may seem far more tempting at the time. 2 I knew that what he did that day must have been extremely difficult for him. 3 Yet there he stood, taking responsibility for his actions with not a glimmer of hesitation. 4 It is this determination and resolve to do what is right—even when what is right is not what is easy—that

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Watching him bravely tell the truth about what had really happened that day and how he had been the one responsible for the destruction of our neighbor’s award-winning flower garden, I realized that he knew he would likely face unpleasant consequences.
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I tried to imagine how difficult it must have been for someone so young to do something so courageous and what must have been going through his mind, but all I could think about was the punishment he would probably receive for doing the right thing.
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Although my brother appeared to be acting bravely, I was certain he was tempted to do the wrong thing that day to avoid some sort of unpleasant punishment, and I thought for a second that he would change his mind at the last moment.
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My brother’s actions that day were very admirable, and I remember wondering how someone so young could do something like that, and then I wondered if I would do the same thing or something different just to avoid getting into unwanted trouble.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! O! vengeance!

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a metaphor.
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a simile.
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an apostrophe.
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personification.
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have exactly the same meaning
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have completely opposite meanings
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sound the same but have different meanings
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are spelled the same but are pronounced differently
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In the beginning there were various groups of them: ragged little bands that roamed the forest on foot or horseback . . .
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Ice clung to their eyebrows and beards and eyelashes, and I’d hear them whining and groaning as they walked.
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In time I began to be more amused than revolted by what they threatened. It didn’t matter to me what they did to each other.
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Spears flying, swords whonking, arrows raining from the windows and doors of the meadhall and the edge of the woods.
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Which of these are features of epic poetry? Select 4 options.

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a courageous hero who answers a call to adventure
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a main character who has to overcome common challenges
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a journey filled with many obstacles
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a vast setting of distant landscapes
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supernatural forces, such as gods or monsters, that intervene
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circumstances that would be very familiar to readers

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