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Peter is involved with many after school sporting activities. _____, Catalina prefers to spend her free time playing video games indoors.

• For example
• To sum it up
• Therefore
• On the other hand

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What is explicit?

• Not clear, confusing
• Something you have to examine the clues to figure out.
• Inappropriate pictures or language.
• Something stated very clearly, leaving no room for double or confusion.

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What does this sentence suggest?
"She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost."

• She is a ghost.
• She had her picture taken and placed in an album.
• She is frail.
• She is whispering secrets. 

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What does Henrik mean when he says, "Tomorrow is a day for fishing"?

• The weather has kept Henrik from fishing.

• This is a code for something that is going to happen.

• Henrik wants to take the girls fishing.

• Henrik wants to catch enough fish for dinner.

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Choose from the sentences which sentence in closest in meaning to the example sentence. EXAMPLE: You're pulling my leg. (RL 6.4)

• You are short.

• You are stretching my leg.

• You are teasing me.

• You are doubting me.

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Why does Gary call the jacket "a green ugly brother"?

• Because he hates the jacket and he hates his brother.

• Both the jacket and his brother are ugly.

• Both the jacket and his brother are annoyances he must accept.

• The jacket is green and his brother loves the Hulk.

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An imaginary fear in "Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All" is

• shadows on the wall

• bad dogs barking loud

• dragons breathing flame

• boys pulling my hair

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One of the messages that appeared on Phoebe's porch said, "You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair." What does this mean?

• You don't know what you've got until it's gone.

• You can't keep sad things from happening, but you can choose to live your life as happily as you can anyway.

• You should treat others the way you want to be treated.

• Birds of a feather flock together.

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The elephant itself is a beautiful creature.

• Intensive

• Reflexive

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Read the sentences. What is the difference between the words mortified and embarrassed?

a. Sam was mortified when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.

b. Sam was embarrassed when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly.

• "mortified" is an antonym of "embarrassed"

• "mortified" is more intense and has a more negative connotation than "embarrassed"

• "Embarrassed" is more intense and has a more negative connotation than "mortified"

• "mortified" and "embarrassed" have different denotations

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