Figurative Language

Explain the meaning of the idiom "break a leg" below:

I was so excited for my very first school play. As I walked onto the stage, my teacher whispered to me, "You can do this! Break a leg!"

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Select ALL of the examples of onomatopoeia below.

(There is more than one correct answer.)

• The leaves crunched under Aliyah's feet as she walked through the woods.

• Aiden's teeth chattered as he stood in the snow.

• Talya ran to school.

• Esau stood on a rock.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The imagery in these sentences appeals most to the reader’s sense of —

• taste

• smell

• sound

• touch

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which sentence best helps the reader imagine Alfred's pain from his eye injury?

• The pitch came in high, and somehow the ball bounced

  off the bat and hit Alfred hard, right in the face.

• Then things went wrong.

• “He was a pretty good catcher for a guy

  with one eye,” Freddie said.

• Everyone thought Alfred’s baseball days were over.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This sentence appeals to which sense:

The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.

• taste
• sound
• sight
• smell

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

sputtering, gurgling, clanking, tapping, thumping

• smell
• sight
• hear
• touch

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

“And then one day he took a bit And started chewing with delight, But found his mouth was stuck quite tight From that last bite of peanut-butter sandwich,”

• sight
• hear
• smell
• feel

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Read this sentence from paragraph 13. The author uses this description to suggest that—

• The geode looks beautiful as it shines

• Layla really wants to keep the geode

• The forest has many other hidden geodes

• Layla is wondering how the geode formed

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Octopuses have no bones, which makes them very flexible. What does the word flexible mean?

• Colorful

• Rigid

• Hard to move

• Bend and change shape easily

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Why do octopuses spray ink?

• A so they can leave a trail to their dens

• B because the ink helps them clean their food

• C so they can hide and then escape from attackers

• D because the force of the ink helps them swim faster

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2