5th Grade: ELA PSSA Released Items (Vocab, Synonyms, FigLang)

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"The Moon ballooning in the sky" - What does this metaphor suggest?

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The Moon appears to grow in size.

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Synonym for 'restore' in "Bald eagle deaths raising concerns":

Back

repair

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Synonym for expanding:

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growing

Front

Antonym for soothe?

Back

agitate

Front

"For months he puzzled his head over a way to express gratitude. What does "puzzled his head" mean?

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wondered about

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'Tomorrow you must go back to the magistrate and present three ordinary implements I shall prepare. You will take certain words to say to him.' Which word best helps understand 'implements'?

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devices

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Meaning of 'acumen' in context: "...no matter how difficult the problem he took to her, she always thought of a solution. Thanks to her wondrous acumen, the house of Fu-hsing prospered mightily."

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the ability to make good decisions

Front

Root "luna" indicates that "lunar" relates to:

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the Moon

Front

"Cold silence fell across the land." What does this mean?

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It became suddenly very quiet on the Moon.

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Meaning of prefix "trans-" in "transmission":

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communication across