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Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

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He was upset by the _________________ of his friend.

• profound
• raved
• derision
• stifled

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When you make a ________________ of something, you make fun of it.

• vex
• mockery
• sagacity
• acute

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hatred, ill-will

• plummet
• abut
• enmity
• perceptible

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Which word or phrase below could best replace the word in red?
John was so hungry that he consumed the cranberry muffin and went back for a donut.

• ate
• bought
• saved
• threw away

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________ - to ease; sooth; calm

• Assuage
• Vexations
• Illicitly

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What word best describes Bradbury’s tone (attitude) toward the increasing use of technology? 

• Admonishing
• Excited
• Encouraging
• Content

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Mrs. Peace's eyes welled up with an ocean of feeling when all of her students passed the Reading SOL. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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The bathroom was a hive as students gathered to hear the latest gossip. What type of figurative language is in this sentence?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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What is the best definition of metaphor?

• successive words beginning with the same sound

• when the opposite happens than what you expect

• making a non-person into a person

• comparing two unlike things

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