SYN-
O-
NYMS
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NYMS
A hover
B skulk
C lurk
D sneakWhat is
B skulk and lurk
That blood-curdling howl was all Chase needed to hear. He spun on his heel and darted away.
What does blood-curdling howl mean?
What is
A sound so terrible it almost makes your blood stop moving. Curdling is when cream starts getting hard and lumpy
100 Bonus what figurative device is that?
Frighteningly
fright en ing ly
Moomy’s face scrunched up…
A …with joy.
B …like she’d just eaten a lemon.
C … like she was about to cry.
D … in a blank stare.
What is
C like she was eating a lemon
Then POOF! A cloud of dust swallowed the Count
What does this mean?
What is…
A cloud of dust hid the count so you couldn’t see him.
100 Bonus. What figurative language device is this.
A smirk
B grin
C smile
D sneer
What is
A smirk and D sneer
“We’re sitting ducks out here!”
Have no protection against attack or danger
Ginormous
/ji/ nor mous
He could see that Bigfoot still had Moomy and Duddy in his clutches.
Clutches means
A vision C thoughts
B grip D memories
What is
B grip
Who is Zeus?
Zeus is…
The most powerful Greek god of all the Greek gods
A stomping
B plodding
C sneaking
D trudging
What is
B plodding and D trudging
She raised the oar a gain for another home-run swing, but she felt a tug on her arm.
She had hit something with the oar and was getting ready to do it again.
Camp Mekkarunphort
Camp Mek ka run /fort/
209 Bonus What play on words is the name? Say it slow
The overhead light suddenly flickered to life…
What does “flickered to life” mean?
A the light wavered off and on
B the light helped get Duddz out of a dangerous situation
C The light turned inn
What is
C The light turned on
100 Bonus What is the name of this figurative device
“This is supposed to be an ‘unplugged’ vacation.”
what is
They were supposed to be without any electronic devices on the trip.
what is
They were supposed to be without any electronic devices on the trip.
A spoke
B voice
C stammered
D sputtered
What is
C stammered and D sputtered
Moomy had pulled him so hard, she nearly pulled him right out of his pants! “We almost had another full moon tonight,” she joked.
He almost showed his heinie.
Discombobulated
dis com bob u la ted
“This is the life, isn’t it, ________.”
What phrase best completes the sentence.
A no work, no school
B we’re lost and a vampire is chasing us
What is …
A no work, no school
100 Bonus What does the expression mean?
The family fumbled around in the dark. They couldn’t find a fuse box, but their shins found a coffee table, a dresser, and a few different bedposts.
What does “their shins found…” mean.
What is
the were bumping into furniture
A drop
B plunge
C plummet
D fall
What us
B plunge and C plummet
Suddenly looked at the monster with a blank stare.
He had no expression on his face.
apocalyptical
/uh/ poc /uh/ lip tǐ cul
Chase hurled the pots and pans at Dracula with expert precision.
What does expert precision mean?
A like a soldier
B with great accuracy
What is …
B with great accuracy
The lab was a billion miles away from the kind of thing they had at school.
What does this mean?
It means…
this lab was much better equipped and state of the art as the lab at school.100 Bonus. What does state of the art mean?