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Which sentence correctly uses commas?

• "Throw this over his head" muttered the magician in his ear, handing him a rope.

• "Throw this over his head," muttered the magician in his ear, handing him a rope.

• "Throw this over his head" muttered the magician in his ear handing him a rope.

• None of the above

What is the meaning of the word stealthily as it is used in this sentence?

"He was gazing dreamily at the cottage beyond the sheep-pens, where his wife was busy preparing his dinner, when he saw a dark form gliding stealthily through the grass toward a big bare rock." (paragraph 2)

• aggressively

• quietly

• deceptively

• unevenly

Read the sentence below. Identity the type of figurative language technique being described.

"They went over mountains and over seas, over desert lands where sandstorms raged and vultures lay in wait for the fainting camels, until at last they came to a wide plain watered by many rivers."