What does the word sacrificed mean in the sentence below?

He sacrificed the contents of his piggy bank to help his sister purchase a bicycle helmet.

• gave up

• withheld

• collected

• loaned out

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the word frigid mean in the sentence below? Blake enjoys the frigid temperatures in January.

• normal

• inviting

• very cold

• miserable

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word expanse mean in the sentence below? Astronomers search for stars in the vast expanse of the universe.

• a dark area

• a large area

• a large number

• a confined space

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word deduced mean in the sentence below?

After finding the paw prints, Aunt Jackie deduced that raccoons had eaten the corn in the garden.

• concluded

• doubted

• misunderstood

• overlooked

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word equivalent mean in the sentence below?

Jason said watching the boring movie was equivalent to watching paint dry.

• worse than

• harder than

• the same as

• different from

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the idiom clear as a bell mean in the sentence below?

The teacher's message was clear as a bell: we have to hand in our group projects by Friday.

• hard to understand

• repeated over and over

• able to be seen through

• perfectly understandable

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the sentences below is an example of personification?

• The day was sunny and clear.

• The sun shone brightly this morning.

• The sun greeted me with a warm smile.

• The sun looked like a big yellow ball of fire.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the article mainly about?

• the frigid weather of the Arctic

• the first Americans to reach the North Pole

• the dangers of traveling in freezing climates

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To organize the article and develop the main idea, the author

• explains effects first and then their causes.

• describes each crewmember one at a time.

• describes events in the order they happened.

• tells the final outcome first and then the details.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The author calls the two-week trip to Cape Sheridan an ice-busting, gut-wrenching voyage. The connotation of this description is that the voyage was

• a pleasant and familiar trip.

• a boring and uneventful journey.

• a solitary and rewarding experience.

• an extremely difficult and distressing ordeal.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4