Context Clues
Grammar
Figurative Language
100
"Hydrology, the study of how water flows and gets distributed, is one of the classes my brother is taking to become an engineer."


The meaning of Hydrology.

What is the study of how water flows and gets distributed.
100
"Harry Cruze (is/are) a Georgia writer known for his odd characters."


The correct verb. 

What is is.
100
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls.


is an example of.

What is personification.
200
"Tony has a great stance on life."


The meaning of stance.

What is outlook or point of view.
200
"His _______ novel features the life of a poor boy in the deep South."


The blank should be filled with 

a. better

b. more better

c. best

d. most best

What is best.
200
And like a thunderbolt he falls.


is an example of.

What is simile.
300
"Although I am very garrulous, my brothers hardly talk at all."


The meaning of garrulous

What is talkative.
300
"Eleanor Roosevelt were undoubtably the most active and influential first lady in U.S. history."


The correct way to write this sentence.

What is "Roosevelt was undoubtable."
300
Lisa was a bashful rabbit, jumping at the slightest sound in the dark.


is an example of 

What is a metaphor.
400
" Mangrove trees grow in shallow, muddy, brackish waters."


The meaning of brackish.

What is unpleasant or distasteful.
400
"Patricia and me picked the same lunch."


The correct pronoun usage is...

What is Patricia and I.
400
What a tale their terror tells.


is an example of

What is alliteration.
500
"Black mangroves grow on higher ground. Their roots grow underground and send up thin, vertical roots called pneumatophores.


The meaning of pneumatophores.

What is roots that grow into the air.
500
"In other words our citys lawmakers have often treated our citys residents to fairly."


The correct way to write this sentence.

What is "In other words, our city's lawmakers have often treated our city's residents too fairly.

500
Jackson is willing to help at the drop of the hat.


is an example of

What is idiom.
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