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Which word is a synonym for the red word?
The big, blue house is on the corner.

• small
• huge
• polka dot
• round

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Read the sentence. I can block the basketball well when someone is trying to make a basket. The word "block" has several meanings. What is the meaning of the word "block" in this sentence?

• a brick
• stop
• a square area
• fill

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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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Match the definition with the term:
repeating the same initial sound in several words of a phrase or sentence

• alliteration
• personification
• idiom
• hyperbole

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True or False. Descriptive words are important because they add detail to the story.

• True
• False

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Is this an oxymoron?

• Yes
• No

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A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)

• simile
• idiom
• onomatopoeia

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"Frost cracking/Beneath my steps, my breath/Before me" contains ______________ to ________________.

• Hyperbole, to show exaggerated emotions

• Simile, to compare the breathing with emotions

• Alliteration, to stress the cold

• Idiom, to repeat a commonly used expression.

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They slowly carried the couch down the stairs.

• noun

• article

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

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Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:

When I was a kid, there was no such thing as a _____________________ electronic device. Phones and game systems had to be plugged into the wall and you couldn't take them out of the house.

• Cellular

• Expandable

• Portable

• Stationary

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