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"The Moon ballooning in the sky"
What does the metaphor in the line suggest?

• The Moon has a perfect shape
• The Moon appears to grow in size
• The Moon is brightly colored
• The Moon appears to move swiftly

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The delightful aroma of food cooking in the kitchen made my mouth water.

• smell
• color
• wealth

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Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? 

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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The drumbeats sounded like distant thunder.
What type of figurative language is used?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• idiom

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When the snow froze over into ice, it caused quite the catastrophe for the parking lot. The ice was so heavy, it caused the branches to break from the trees and onto the parked cars. In addition to the broken windshields, the floor to the lot was covered in debris and other particles. This was abnormal weather for this time of the year.

Using your knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, what is the meaning of the word catastrophe in the passage above?

• Glass
• A turn for the worst
• Insurance
• Happiness

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What does Paul mean when he says, "I can see everything? I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won't"?

• He has poor vision, and he knows what mom is hiding from him about his eyesight
• He can see bad things that happen, but not the good things
• He knows his brother protects him, but he blames him so he doesn't get in trouble for being bad
• He may have poor vision, but he knows the truth about his brother's true character

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ideas and feelings that come to the reader's mind; not the dictionary definition

• imagery
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• connotation

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What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration

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Books on every conceivable subject surrounded and towered over Mario; he couldn’t have been happier.

• PHRASE
• DEPENDENT CLAUSE
• INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

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He .... goes to the cinema, only 2 or 3 times a year.

• sometimes
• rarely
• usually

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