FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Mr. Tuttle is the strictest teacher in
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the school. You can't go out for recess
until you finish all of your work and he never
allows talking in class unless you are answering
a question. He also gives us tons of homework
that takes forever to finish
Which type of figurative language is featured in
this passage?
a. metaphor b. hyperbole
d. personification
c. simile

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim