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"Your explanation is as clear as mud," is an example of a...

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• pun

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TEKS.ELA.7.7

TEKS.ELA.8.7

TEKS.ELA.6.7

TEKS.ELA.E1.6

TEKS.ELA.E2.6

Which words indicate that a passage is structured in cause and effect? 

• consequently, effect, cause, because, therefore, so
• next, first, finally, then, second, followed by, after
• the question is, problem, one answer is, solution
• different from, similar to, on the other hand, compared with, as well as

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TEKS.ELA.7.9B

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

TEKS.ELA.5.10B

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

TEKS.ELA.E1.8B

Read the following run-on: 
We can go to the mall after school it will be fun. 
Which of the choices does not correct the run-on? 

• We can go to the mall after school. It will be fun. 
• We can go to the mall after school, it will be fun. 
• We can go to the mall after school; it will be fun. 
• We can go to the mall after school, and it will be fun. 

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.I

Choose the correctly written sentence. 

• My sister a wild child can never keep a job for very long. 
• My sister, a wild child can never keep a job for very long. 
• My sister, a wild child, can never keep a job for very long. 
• My sister a wild child, can never keep a job for very long. 

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.E2.9C

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

What is point of view?

• observation

• the character's feelings

• the narrator's opinion

• The "voice" of a work; the narrator's perspective.

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TEKS.ELA.E4.6A

TEKS.ELA.LG.2N

TEKS.ELA.E3.6A

TEKS.ELA.LG.3B

What is the "author's message"?

• The story the author tells.

• The lesson the author wants the reader to learn.

• The general feeling of the passage.

• The style or type of passage the author writes.

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TEKS.ELA.7.9B

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

TEKS.ELA.6.9A

TEKS.ELA.7.9A

TEKS.ELA.8.9A

Which of the following is NOT another word or synonym for theme?

• main idea
• moral 
• lesson
• message

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TEKS.ELA.E2.6D

TEKS.ELA.7.7A

TEKS.ELA.8.7A

TEKS.ELA.E4.6B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2B

Most likely means...

• always
• sometimes
• never
• probably

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TEKS.ELA.6.2B

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.8.2B

TEKS.ELA.CR.2F

TEKS.ELA.E4.2B

Which of the following is a simile (comparing using like or as)?

• He was a tiger leaping on his prey.
• They were louder than a rock concert.
• She was like a ninja, fighting the criminals.
• My computer haves me!

Read the sentences below:
Nate wanted everything his older brother had.  When his parents bought his brother new clothes, he wanted new clothes too.  When his older brother went to the movies with his friends Nate was angry.
What can you infer about Nate?

• Nate doesn't have enough clothing. 
• Nate likes to go places with his brother.
• Nate is jealous of his brother.
• Nate is too young to go to the movies.

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TEKS.ELA.7.5C

TEKS.ELA.7.6F

TEKS.ELA.8.5C

TEKS.ELA.8.6F

TEKS.ELA.E1.4C