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2. April 8, 2014 Identify the different types of figurative language below. simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or idiom 1.The school students were a wild pack of animals. 2.The school students ran around the playground like a pack of wild animals. 3.He’s under the weather. 4.I've heard that a million times.

3. April 8, 2014 Answers Identify the different types of figurative language below. simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or idiom 1.The school students were a wild pack of animals. Metaphor 2.The school students ran around the playground like a pack of wild animals. Simile 3.He’s under the weather. Idiom 4.I've heard that a million times. Hyperbole A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using the words like or as "Our spirit is an unsinkable ship" is a metaphor. An idiom is a phrase that that means something different than what the words are saying. Like "kick the bucket" means to die, not to actually kick a bucket.

4. April 9, 2014 Fill in the blanks using one of these words: protruded, corpse, spectacle 1.“He dragged me toward a pile of snow from which ______human shapes, torn blankets.” P. 105 2. Thereupon, the rest plunged their swords into him, and he fell a mangled ______. 3. The Olympic Games is the biggest sporting ______in the world.

5. April 9, 2014Answers Fill in the blanks using one of these words: protruded, corpse, spectacle 1.“He dragged me toward a pile of snow from which protruded human shapes, torn blankets.” P. 105 2. Thereupon, the rest plunged their swords into him, and he fell a mangled corpse. 3. The Olympic Games is the biggest sporting spectacle in the world.

6. April 11 Identify the type of figurative language below. 1.Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Identify the rhyming scheme in the poem below: 2. A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way 3. What two words make the poem above contain a couplet?

7. April 11 Answers Identify the type of figurative language below. 1.Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Alliteration Identify the rhyming scheme in the poem below: 2. A host, of golden daffodils; A Beside the lake, beneath the trees, B Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. B Continuous as the stars that shine C And twinkle on the Milky Way D 3. What two words make the poem above contain a couplet? Trees and breeze

8. April 14 Identify the different types of figurative language below. Alliteration, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, or Personification 1.Death wandered the battlefield. 2.The rifles' rapid rattle ruffled my courage. 3.I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 4.On my first morning on the farm, I was awoken suddenly by the cock-a-doodle-do of the resident rooster.

9. April 14 Answers Identify the different types of figurative language below. Alliteration, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, or Personification 1.Death wandered the battlefield. Personification 2.The rifles' rapid rattle ruffled my courage. Alliteration 3.I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Hyperbole 4.On my first morning on the farm, I was awoken suddenly by the cock-a-doodle-do of the resident rooster. Onomatopoeia

10. April 15 His unsightly red nose did not prevent Rudolph from achieving fame in reindeer legend. His creator, Robert May, worked for a department store in Chicago. May felt scrawny and unloved as a youth, and he wrote a story about an unhappy animal also jeered by its peers. During Christmas 1939, May gave copies of his story to two million children entering the store. They loved his offbeat hero, and May copyrighted his tale. In 1948 the story became a song, which gene Autry, a famous star at that time, sang on television. The rest is history. Rudolph, that red-nosed reindeer, lit May’s way from then on. The paragraph mainly tells- A. How Rudolph the reindeer legend began. B. Why Robert May felt unloved. C. Where Robert May wrote the Rudolph legend. D. Who first sang the Rudolph story on television.

11. April 15 The paragraph mainly tells- A. How Rudolph the reindeer legend began. B. Why Robert May felt unloved. C. Where Robert May wrote the Rudolph legend. D. Who first sang the Rudolph story on television.

12. April 16 Jazz is the only form of music native to the United States. IT grew from a number of African-American musical forms, including gospel songs, spirituals, slave songs, and minstrel show music. Eventually it combined with elements of European music. The first organized form of jazz was ragtime, which was made up of musical compositions played on the piano. Scott Joplin was a famous ragtime composer in the early 1900s. Today, jazz practitioners are some of the most well-known international composers and musicians. The paragraph tells mainly— A. About the life of Scott Joplin B. Where gospel music came from C. About the origins of jazz D. How jazz musicians became famous

13. Answers April 16 The paragraph tells mainly— A. About the life of Scott Joplin B. Where gospel music came from C. About the origins of jazz D. How jazz musicians became famous

14. April 17 When a skunk is approached by an enemy, it stamps its feet and waits for a response. If it still feels frightened or threatened, it turns its back on its attacker and squirts an amber- colored liquid from the glands beneath its tail. This foul-smelling spray, released four or five times in rapid succession, can project as far as twelve feet, burn the enemy’s eyes and skin, and cause temporary blindness, yet it never gets on the fur of the skunk itself, nor is it ever used against other skunks. The paragraph tells mainly— A. Why a skunk stamps its feet and waits B. How far a skunk can spray C. How a skunk wards off an enemy D. Why a skunk never uses its spray against other skunks April 15

15. Answers April 17 The paragraph tells mainly— A. Why a skunk stamps its feet and waits B. How far a skunk can spray C. How a skunk wards off an enemy D. Why a skunk never uses its spray against other skunks

16. April 18 Deserts are fascinating ecosystems. Because they have so little water, any animal or plant that lives in a desert must adapt in some way. The kangaroo rat literally does not drink any water. It gets moisture from seeds. Cacti and other desert plants have root systems that spread out over a large area just below the ground’s surface. These roots quickly collect any rain that falls then store it in stems that can expand to hold lots of moisture. The spines on the cacti’s outsides keep desert animals from taking the water for themselves. The paragraph tells mainly – A. How the kangaroo rat gets moisture B. How animals and plants survive in the desert C. About the widespread root system of desert plant D. About why the desert has so little water

17. Answers April 18 The paragraph tells mainly – A. How the kangaroo rat gets moisture B. How animals and plants survive in the desert C. About the widespread root system of desert plant D. About why the desert has so little water