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CAHSEE ELA 9.3 Ambiguities 181 Views

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CAHSEE ELA 9.3 Ambiguities. Which of the following is an example of figurative language in the previous passage?

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English Language

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Word Analysis / Literal/Figurative Meanings and Derivations

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Which of the following is an example of figurative language in the previous passage?
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And here are the potential answers:
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So... what is this question asking?

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What does figurative mean??
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Uh... no... that would be a figure skater... nice figure, though.
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Start with the semi-opposite cousin of figurative: the word LITERAL. Literal means that something
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actually happened.
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As in "he was literally in the very first row". So... not just ONE of the first rows...
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LITERALLY the very first.
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But if we said "his seats were so good he was sitting ON the ice..."
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Now we're probably not speaking literally.
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If we look at the 4 answer choices...
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...it appears that C is the only one that isn't literal.
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There are no actual, physical hopes that someone can get... up.
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Instead, "get your hopes up" is an idiom meaning "make you hopeful."
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So our answer is C.
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As in, "Checking."
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