Directions: Read the texts below. Put a in the column labelled (+) if themessage is positive, or in the column labelled (-) if the message is negative. Then, under MANNER, write Literal if the message is literally meant, and write Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Euphemism, Sarcasm, Proverb, or Idiom if the message is figurativelyconveyed. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

the five different scouting organizations are cub scouts, boy scouts, girl scouts, brownies, and 4h. the main purpose of the scouting movement is to young people develop mentally, spiritually and physically.

bevy means a large group or thing of a certain kind.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.