EOC practice

What is the effect of the metaphors in the sentence below
"Not all field geologists, however, refer to the Big Bend as a paradise. For some, this land of twisted, tortured rock is a nightmare."

• A. They compare Big Bend to a contradictory dream world.
• They emphasize the allure and repulsiveness of the landscape.
• They explain how Big Bend is enthralling to many people.
• They express how interesting the landscape is to many people.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the meaning of "clasping remembered beauty"?  

• imagining future events 
• recalling past events 
• creating current events 
• forgetting past events 

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the meaning of the simile in the sentence?
"Like a rudderless boat, the discussion kept turning round and round the same point; and at least it threatened to be overwhelmed in a flood of tears." 

• It describes two people who are crying because they finally came to a solution  
• it describes an endless argument between two people  
• it depicts a husband and wife engaged in a minor argument 
• It describes an insolvable argument between a husband and his wife, threatening to deteriorate into tears  

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is implied in the sentence below?
"The village wiseacres thought it shameless for her husband to make so much fuss about a mere wife and even to suggest a change of air, and asked if Sharat supposed that no women had ever ill before, or whether he found out that the folk of the place to which he meant to take her were immortal."

• Sharat is stubborn and refuses to listen to his wife's pleas.
• Sharat has a difficult time making decisions independently without his wife. 
• Sharat is unnecessarily overprotective of his wife 
• Sharat should be more compassionate about his wife's condition 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does the connotation of the words reflect Sharat's attitude toward the boy?
"Moreover, he had got hold of a mongrel village dog which he petted so recklessly that it came indoors with muddy paws, and left tokens of its visit on Sharat's spotless bed." 

• He feels protective of the young boy 
• He is annoyed by the boy's disregard for cleanliness 
• He is amused by the boy's activities 
• He feels the boy's actions are unhealthy 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I was going to look for my missing watch, but I could never find the time.
This is an example of:

• Allusion 
• alliteration 
• pun 
• irony 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I can't believe it! My teacher was out yesterday and left a ton of work. I worked the whole class period and still had an hour worth of homework in order to finish it. Not only did she not pick up our work and give us a grade, she got a bad note from the substitute and decided to punish the whole class with even more work. Only two kids acted up, but we all had to pay the price. That is the last time I worry about doing the right thing! 
The tone of this passage is:

• Incensed/hungry
• awestruck 
• happy 
• Jaded

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"I open my eyes- my fingers grasp a sleeve, an arm. A wounded man? I yell at him- no answer- a dead man. My hand gropes farther, splinters of wood- now I remember again that we are lying in the graveyard....I crawl still farther under the coffin, it shall protect me; though Death himself lies in it."
What literary device is used?

• alliteration 
• irony 
• metaphor 
• personification 

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CCSS.L.6.5A

When the cannibal showed up late for dinner, they gave him the cold shoulder.
The above is an example of:

• a. dramatic irony
• b. pun
• c. irony
• d. metaphor 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Plum petals falling 
I look up...the sky,
a clear crisp moon.

• a. global warming
• b. death
• c. autumn
• d. love

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9