TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.B

Cherrymars's mother was IRATE because she talked back to her and had a bad attitude all day long.
Based on the sentence above, IRATE probably means what?

• angry
• passive
• jolly
• pleased

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Joe’s very interested ___ politics.

• about
• of
• to
• in

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What is the definition of patriotism?

• Remark that has a different meaning than what is literally being stated
• A way of describing a person’s willingness to love/defend his/her 
• Strategies that are used to create fear in the audience
• The intentional repeating of words or phrases

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TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.B

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

• caesura
• hyperbole
• euphemism
• contrast

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The person in the corner continued to ___________ incoherent thoughts throughout the terrifying experience. 

• murmur
• eager
• scold
• grimly 

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He decided to buy a car ___ the high price.

• due to

• despite

• although

• concequently

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(of a word or expression) signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning

• connotative language

• denotative language

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The cyclops dispatches all of his chores. What does "dispatch" mean?

• get rid of something

• finish something quickly

• do something after being asked repeatedly

• do something you don't like

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What does sinister mean?

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

• memorization by repetition

• supress or crush

• unrestrained merry making

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How _________ time is left before the class finishes? A ______ minutes left.

• much / few

• few / much

• much / many

• few / little

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TEKS.ELA.9-12.II.B