Use the sentence to answer the question.
Silas doesn’t mean to hurt people’s feelings, but he has a sharp tongue.
How is the author of this sentence using a euphemism?
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Responses
to compare two people
to compare two people
to create humor
to create humor
to use many phrases to say the same thing
to use many phrases to say the same thing
to politely describe a negative trait
to politely describe a negative trait
We went out onto his deck and I looked out over the vista before us—a sunken Italian garden, a half-acre of pungent roses, a rolling, perfectly manicured lawn that extended to the sea, and a snub-nosed motorboat that bumped the tide offshore.
“I’ve got a pretty decent place here,” he said, his eyes flashing about restlessly.
Question
Use the excerpt from a story to answer the question.
What is suggested about the character’s personality by the author’s use of understatement in the excerpt?
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Responses
The character is egotistical.
The character is egotistical.
The character might be uncomfortable with their wealth.
The character might be uncomfortable with their wealth.
The character is secretive.
The character is secretive.
The character takes his or her living situation seriously.
The character might be uncomfortable with their wealth.
My mind sparks with an idea for a painting,
And my thoughts are a hum of bees.
First they bumble around the petals
Of a flower, dancing near the pollen,
But then they flit to another, still
Not ready to settle on one, yellow
Dust stains their feet; their wings
Flicker in the air, and next it’s uncertain
Where to go: Thistle or clover,
Zinnia or honeysuckle? Tip and tap,
My bee thoughts hum, until they finally
Land on one.
Question
Use the poem to answer the question.
Which choice explains the metaphor in this poem?
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Responses
The metaphor at the beginning of the poem compares thoughts to bees, and other metaphors are used throughout.
The metaphor at the beginning of the poem compares thoughts to bees, and other metaphors are used throughout.
The metaphor comparing paintbrush strokes to bee movements is used throughout the poem.
The metaphor comparing paintbrush strokes to bee movements is used throughout the poem.
The metaphor extends throughout the poem as the speaker compares creative thoughts to bees’ movements.
The metaphor extends throughout the poem as the speaker compares creative thoughts to bees’ movements.
The metaphor begins with a comparison of bees to thoughts and ends with a comparison of bees to music.
The metaphor begins with a comparison of bees to thoughts and ends with a comparison of bees to music.
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The metaphor extends throughout the poem as the speaker compares creative thoughts to bees' movements.
Use the passage to answer the question.
Angela was always a little envious of the perfectly manicured Sophia, who never had to worry about which lunch table would have her. Sophia was an old friend, but these days, Sophia treated her friendships like the lunch buffet, picking and choosing which side dishes to add to her plate on any given day. And today it looked like Angela would be passed over again.
Select the correct answers from the lists to describe the analogy in the passage.
(1 point)
The narrator compares Sophia’s friendships to a ______
because _____
first options:
lunch buffet
lunch table
plate of food
second options:
she wants to enjoy each of them equally
chooses which ones she wants on any given day
can never decide what she want to do with friends
The narrator compares Sophia's friendships to a lunch buffet because she chooses which ones she wants on any given day.
The Reward of Enterprise
by Ward Muir
Near the skyline rim of the superb mountain-range upon which I was commencing to rise I saw, shadowy in the translucent green, an unmistakable shape—the shape of a great fish: a shark. Its fin cut the surface like a knife. For one instant I stared, and in that instant I observed, with a vivid clearness, all manner of minute details—the burnished sheen on the water, the glistening tautness of its lofty skyline, the sapphire blue of the sky itself, and, most lucidly of all, the silhouette of the shark. Every movement of the shark was now plain to me, and it was moving, there was no doubt of it: a trail of bubbles streamed from its flank and a tiny streak of froth fluttered behind the fin. The shark was not passive, in the element, as I was; it was monarch of the waves, it could drive through them with the precision of a torpedo. I had invaded a realm which I had no business to invade . . . and its guardian was come to punish me.
"The Reward of Enterprise" by Ward Muir
Question
Use this paragraph from “The Reward of Enterprise” to answer the question. The paragraph describes a man swimming in the ocean.
Which word is most similar in meaning to drive as it is used in this passage?
(1 point)
Responses
tear
tear
emerge
emerge
drift
drift
meander
meander
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tear
From the Caves
by Thea Prieto
I’ll check the roots, says Sky, and he trots up the passage before Mark can stop him. Above, in the red firelight of the upper cave, the heat has grown to wringing, and Sky notices at once that Teller has moved. He has dragged himself closer to the fire, his ribs pumping fast from the effort. The hot touch of his skin stings Sky’s fingertips, but he still tugs Teller away from the fire, to where the warmth is drawn upward into the windy main passageway already lit gray with early morning.
Excerpt from "From the Caves". © 2021 Thea Prieto. Published by Red Hen Press
Question
Use the excerpt from “From the Caves” to answer the question.
How does the sensory imagery of the sky “lit gray with early morning” contribute to the mood of the text?
(1 point)
Responses
It gives a sense of hope.
It gives a sense of hope.
It gives a sense of gloom.
It gives a sense of gloom.
It gives a sense of desperation.
It gives a sense of desperation.
It gives a sense of foreboding.
It gives a sense of foreboding.
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