I invented a snack that __________marshmallows and pickles in the same jar;

I call it Marshpamallowickles! 

Mr. Mason is very ________; he always saves his takeout food containers and uses them again.

My new camera takes such _______ pictures they almost look better than real life.

Margie is excited to see Andre 3000 do a ___________concert; he usually performs with Big Boi.

Marley couldn't find a date for the dance, so he decided to go _______.

Here's a(n) _______ joke; Why did the monkey fall out of the tree? Because he loved pasta.

Troy's sense of humor is _______ to mine; we always laugh at the same thing.

I had the most _______dream last night; I woke up thinking I was being chased by a pack of bees.

I wouldn't say Morgan overeats, but he definitely has a(n) _________ appetite.

What would someone purchase at a circus?

Which person would you expect to be thrifty?

Which of the following is an example of the word anxious?

To combine two things, you might

Have you ever heard the term “urban legend”? An urban legend is a type of ________. It’s a modern story that is passed along from person to person. People think urban legends are true stories, but they are not. Sometimes, urban legends start out based in truth, but then change as more people tell them. Other times, these stories are completely made up.

You may have heard one famous urban legend about a stray dog. As the story goes, a woman is visiting a foreign country when she finds a stray dog. She decides to take the dog home as a pet. When she gets home, the dog becomes sick, so the woman takes the dog to the veterinarian. The vet tells her that the animal she thought was a tiny dog is actually a large rat! 

In this legend, what leads the woman to discover that her pet is a large rat? 

This story is a good example of an urban legend. Urban legends are often interesting stories with vivid 

details. They usually have a "twist" ending, and are often about things that might make people feel anxious. The rat story, for example, is meant to make people feel anxious about traveling to foreign countries. Of course, the rat story did not really happen. But it is the kind of story that you can't help but repeat! 

A person who hears the rat story before traveling to a foreign country will most likely 

How do you know if a story is an urban legend? For starters, try to figure out where the story came from. People who tell urban legends usually do not know the person who actually experienced the story. They might say it was a friend of a friend, or a relative of someone they know. Or they may say it is something they read about. Sometimes urban legends are just too _______ to be real. It is doubtful that a rat from any country would look identical to a dog! Choose the word that best fills in the blank.