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What do the following lines from "The Road Not Taken" mean?
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, 

• The speaker thinks both paths are equally good.
• The speaker is only one person and cannot go down two roads at the same time.
• The speaker would rather travel with someone, so they could each explore a path.
• The speaker regrets not taking the other road at the start.

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Choose the word that best matches the clue below.
similar meaning to eliminate, but with a more negative connotation __________

• ban
• wipe out
• defeat
• passably

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The smoke was a tight little knot on the horizon was was uncoiling slowly.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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We left food and water for the _______ alley cat hoping he would gain some weight and get healthy.

• fervent
• perceptible
• gaunt
• stoical

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Trying to find a quiet place in this class is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

• simile
• metaphor

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What does the idiom "It's raining cats and dogs" mean?

• There are too many cats and dogs in the area.

• It is raining heavily

• It is raining animals.

• It is not raining.

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What do you think Old Man Warner's saying 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon' mean? 

• The lottery is going to cause alot of death.
• The corn is coming soon
• He's just hungry
• The lottery is a sacrifice to ensure a good harvest.

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Which of these is a simile?

• She was as beautiful as a starry night.

• Her eyes were stars in a cloudy night.

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What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

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In a biblical parable, a Samaritan selflessly stops to help an enemy who has been beaten and stranded on the side of a road.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

A Good Samaritan jumped in when my grocery bag broke and the contents spilled all over the sidewalk.

• a person who enjoys interacting with others

• a person who plays tricks on others

• a person who takes advantage of others

• a person who goes out of the way to help another

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