1. Determine if these statements are using the term “rip” for its connotation or denotation. Write D or C Beside the statement

If you work out daily, they you’ll have ripped muscles.

I ripped the test up until it was in shreds on the floor.

After getting caught sneaking out, my parents ripped me apart.

She’s got those new jeans that are ripped and opened at the knees.

2. Which of the following qualifies as a “supporting detail” for the idea that a simile is used in poetry? Hight the correct answer

Many poets use “similes” to make comparisons using like or as.

Shakespeare uses similes throughout the poem.

In my opinion, similes are one of the best ways to convey meaning in a poem.

A simile is used when Shakespeare writes that his love is “like a lark at break of day arising” (line 15).