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What does it really mean: "She was pulling my leg."

• She grabbed my leg and tugged on it.
• She hurt my leg.
• She was joking with me. 

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Tracy held the delicate flower gently so the stem wouldn't break.

• fragile
• sturdy
• pretty
• prickly

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Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Simile
• Metaphor

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He is one tough cookie.

• He eats a lot of cookies
• He likes cookies
• He works hard

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What's the meaning of the red word as it is used in the sentence?
I thought that I could not handle the pressure of AZ-Merit, but I stayed calm and did my best. 

• the part by which something is held
• to manage or control

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What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery was so mad his head blew up.

• hyperbole
• imagery
• simile
• metaphor

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She couldn't eat (anything, nothing)

• anything
• nothing

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Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
I am the smartest person in the universe. 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification

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I tried to make my pony jump the stream, but she balked.

• forgot

• slept

• refused

• leaped

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What does "pretty as a picture" mean?

• something is ugly

• something you have a picture of

• something is beautiful

• something is in the shape of a frame

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