Assessment 3: Brains... Directions: Read the texts below. Put a in the column labelled (+) if the message is write Literal if the message is literally meant, and write Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor positive, or in the column labelled (-) if the message is negative. Then, under MANNER, Euphemism, Sarcasm, Proverb, or Idiom if the message is figuratively conveyed. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. POLARITY MANNER MESSAGE 1. I'm impressed by your production. 2. Mark is very economically challenged. 3. Love is like the wind. You can't see it but you can feel it. Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember 4. "You look smart today," said Alexis to his slow learner classmate wearing eyeglasses. 5. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 6. Stewart's father finally met his Maker. 7. Her heart is as hard as a stone. 8. "Thank you for explaining that my eye cancer isn't going to make me deaf. I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would deign to operate on me." - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars 9. I am very tired that I could sleep for a year. 10. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.​