Plz asap (will mark brainliest and 100 points if you are correct) 1) which statement uses the word snake in a positive and figurative way? a) he took my savings, the snake, and then seemed to totally disappear. b) the salesman seemed smooth and deadly as a snake to the customers. c) she moved fast like a snake but fortunately did not enjoy eating live mice. d) the snake we discovered hiding in the woodshed was nearly seven feet long. 2) select the best description for the statement: i should start calling her pollyanna. she found a way to make me feel better about what happened, finding the good that came out of it. a) positive tone, analogy b) positive tone, allusion c) negative tone, analogy d) negative tone, allusion 3) read the passage and then answer the question that follows. when mike adjusted his bicycle, i thought i was watching a chess game. he would stare at a part for a while before he acted. then we would wait for his opponent's response. for example, he stared for ten minutes before tightening the rear sprockets. then he rode the bike for a minute, analyzing the change in the bike's performance. at first, i thought he was too careful. now, i realize he didn't want the bicycle to become his waterloo. which is a true statement about the passage? a) it contains an analogy that compares mike to someone watching a chess game. b) it contains an allusion that compares mike to someone watching a chess game. c) it contains an analogy that compares mike's adjusting his bicycle to a chess game. d) it contains an allusion that compares mike's adjusting his bicycle to a chess game. 4) read the passage and then answer the question that follows. when mike adjusted his bicycle, i thought i was watching a chess game. he would stare at a part for a while before he acted. then we would wait for his opponent's response. for example, he stared for ten minutes before tightening the rear sprockets. then he rode the bike for a minute, analyzing the change in the bike's performance. at first, i thought he was too careful. now, i realize he didn't want the bicycle to become his waterloo. which is a true statement about the passage? a) it contains technical language but no analogy or allusion. b) it contains an analogy, an allusion, and technical language. c) it contains an analogy and technical language but no allusion. d) it contains an allusion and technical language but no analogy. 5) select the best description for the statement: the salesman seemed smooth and deadly as a snake to the customers. a) positive tone, analogy b) positive tone, allusion c) negative tone, analogy d) negative tone, allusion 6) which statement uses the denotative form of the word snake? a) he took my savings, the snake, and then seemed to totally disappear. b) the salesman seemed smooth and deadly as a snake to the customers. c) she moved fast like a snake but fortunately did not enjoy eating live mice. d) the snake we discovered hiding in the woodshed was nearly seven feet long. 7) positive or negative connotation is common in a) literal language b) context language c) technical language d) figurative language 8) denotation is a synonym for a) literal language b) context language c) technical language d) figurative language 9) an analogy is a type of a) literal language b) context language c) technical language d) figurative language 10) a precise, dictionary-type definition of a word is a(n) a) allusion b) metaphor c) denotation d) connotation