"Lose Now, Pay Later"

"it was as bright and glaring as a Health Brigade Corp office" is an example of ...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5A

"The place had always looked dim and dingy before, full of desks, half-dead plants, and bored-looking people ..." The imagery used in this sentence most appeals to which sense ...

• sight

• smell

• taste

• touch

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CCSS.RL.8.4

"...if his looney idea is right, then all of us are being used like a flock of sheep" is an example of ...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5A

"Do you know that wonderful spurt of air that rushes out when you first open an expensive box of candy?" What is most likely the reason the author asks this as a question?

• The author really wants to know your answer.

• The author is wondering whether you like expensive chocolates.

• The author wants you to pause and imagine the answer to the question.

• There is no reason.

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CCSS.RI.8.6

"It was absolutely the neatest sensation I've had in my whole life. Swoodies aren't cold like ice cream or warm like cooked pudding, but they're a blending of both in temperature and texture." What sense does this imagery most appeal to?

• Taste

• touch

• smell

• hearing

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CCSS.RL.8.4

The first swoodie that Deb and her friend sampled is

• salty-spicy-sweet

• vanilla-chocolate-strawberry

• coconut-almond marshmallow

• peanut-butter-cinnamon-pineapple

By the end of the story, Deb and her friend have many blue marks on their

• necks

• wrists

• ankles

• earlobes

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which word best completes the following sentence? "He is easy to _____ because he is so gullible."

• fool

• follow

• believe

• promote

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.L.8.5C

In this story, a calshow is a

• word used only in California.

• reference to a special shower that makes people lose weight.

• term that refers to the amount of calcium in a person's body.

• made up word that means "weight".

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4B

One clue that something isn't quite right is the fact that

• swoodies is a made up word

• people gain weight after eating a swoodie

• no one knows who runs the swoodie store

• the Health Brigade Corp does not object to the slimmers

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1