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Kim was a very good substitute teacher. She liked working with third and fourth graders most of all. She especially liked discussing important current events issues with the kids. She had expected them to be indifferent to such grown-up topics as taxes and social security. She was pleasantly surprised to discover that they were really interested in those issues and wanted to learn more about them. What does indifferent mean in this question?

• similar
• not very unusual
• not caring
• gross

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Which best describes the tone of the poem MOST LIKELY MEANS...

• Which best describes the way the author is feeling (by his/her words) in the poem?
• Which best describes how I am feeling by reading the poem?
• Which best describes the character's feelings?
• Which best describes the setting of the poem?

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Susan saw a boy take my wallet out of my bag but he managed to ESCAPE before we could stop him.

• get out 
• get away
• get on 
• get up

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The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

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The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.

• Allusion
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Irony

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"The clock stood up and walked off the wall" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• personification
• stanza

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The faces at the street crossings shine like diamonds.

• simile
• metaphor

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3. Which phrase has a negative connotation?

• A bold plan

• A reckless plan

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What does this hyperbole mean?

"He did say that he loves her so much he'd die without her."

• He wants to keep her in his life.

• He doesn't want to lose her because he'll die.

• He is very hurt by what she did.

• He needs her to live.

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Which of these lines by Gary Soto uses a simile?

• “I was making a fire in my hands.”

• “Fog hanging like old / Coats between the trees.”

• “That was so bright against / The gray of December”

• “Bringing a saleslady / Down a narrow aisle of goods.”

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