Weaving Contest and Bag of Gold - Vocabulary

Which sentence from the passage, "Weaving Contest" uses a simile to describe something? 

• "Her weaving was so great that some people thought it rivaled, or equaled, that of the goddess Athena (paragraph 1)

• "'I dare Athena to compete with me to see for herself.'" (paragraph 4)

• "Weaving with a thread of many colors, they made cloths like rainbows."

• "Arachne's cloth was different." (paragraph 8)

What does the word bold mean as it is used in this sentence from the passage "Weaving Contest?

" Ask her to forgive you for your bold words."

• .rude

• confident

• shy

• loyal

What does the word rivaled mean as it is used in this sentence from the passage?

"Her weaving was so great that some people thought it rivaled, or equaled, that of the goddess Athena." (paragraph 1)

• added up to

• lived longer than

• was finer than 

What word or phrase helped determine the meaning of rivaled?

• insisted

• equated

• lived

• better than

Which two sentences from the passage use similes to describe something? 

• That night, he dug up the bag of gold and ran off as fast as a frightened rabbit. (paragraph 2)

• When the thief saw the man's bag of gold, made a plan

• "Then he sat back and sighed like a man who had just had a feast." (paragraph 1)

• "Every day he dug up the bag and counted his gold, and buried it again. (paragraph 1)

• there was a man who buried a bag of gold in a secrete place in his garden (paragraph 1)

Which two words in the sentence give a clue to the meaning of moaned? 

"He wept and moaned so loudly that a stranger passing by asked him what was wrong."

• "loudly"

• "stranger"

• "passing"

• "wrong"

• "wept"

What does the word ridiculous mean as it is used in this sentence from the passage "Bag of Gold?"

 "'I would never spend a bit of it!' the man exclaimed, as if that were a ridiculous idea." (paragraph 6)

• funny or amusing

• smart or clever

• costly or expensive

• silly or foolish