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What signal words are used to describe comparing?
What is alike, same, similar, both, also.
100
"For the first time in forever, there'll be music, there'll be light."
What is a hyperbole?
100
Joseph and Caitlin were choosing the players for their teams. It was Caitlin's turn to choose, and only Jason was left. Caitlin said, "Jason." We can infer that....
What is Jason was not a very good player?
100
Screech!  When a driver pushes on the brake pedal, it starts a process that causes the vehicle to stop.  You literally trust braking systems with your life every time you get into a vehicle or cross a busy intersection, but how does this process work?  It begins when the pedal is pushed.  At this moment brake fluid is released into the area where the braking mechanisms are located.  As the fluid collects, leverage is created, which causes a friction to be applied.  If the braking system is functioning properly, this friction will create a force that will cause the wheels to stop and allow you to reach your destination safely. 
What is when you step on the brakes, fluid is stored in a chamber that allows the car to stop?
100
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that forms a single unit.
What is a stanza?
200
What signal words are used to contrast?
What is different, unlike, neither.
200
"Every morning she wakes up. Knock, knock, knock on the door."
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
Inferring: What can you "infer" by reading the passage below? "I hate the idea of having all those people out there watching me...I just don't like it when I'm around so many people. I wish I just could hide somewhere," whispered Violet.
What is Violet is probably somewhat shy?
200
Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana.  The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park.  The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level.  This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges.  There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet. 
What is Yellowstone Park, in Wyoming, is on a large plateau & has a bunch of waterfalls?
200
Sketch By Carl Sandburg The shadows of the ships Rock on the crest In the low blue lustre Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide. A long brown bar at the dip of the sky Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt. The lucid and endless wrinkles Draw in, lapse and withdraw. Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles Wash on the floor of the beach. Rocking on the crest In the low blue lustre Are the shadows of the ships. Identify an example of personification
What is The tide is described as being "tardy" The sand is described as haing an "arm" Some students might believe that the wrinkles are an example of personification. They are not necessarily wrong.
300
While one ant gathered food for the winter, his cousin partied away. When winter came, the first ant had plenty of food to eat, while the second eat found himself cold and starving. Which ant was more responsible?
What is the first ant?
300
"The baby's skin was like a rose petal." What does this simile say to you? A. The baby's skin is very soft and delicate. B. The baby's skin is rough. C. The baby's skin is dry. D. The baby's skin is sticky.
What is A?
300
Julio and his father had been looking forward to their fishing trip for weeks. They didn't take much food with them on the trip. When they started fishing they were quickly approached by a forest ranger. He asked Julio's father if he had a fishing license. Julio's father reached into his wallet and suddenly got a terrified look on his face. Julio was disappointed that night as he ate dinner. Why did Julio and his father not take much food with them on the trip?
What is they were planning on eating the fish they caught?
300
There are many types of lethal venom in the animal kingdom, but perhaps no stranger carrier than the platypus. The platypus is one of few venomous mammals. Males carry a venom cocktail in their ankle spurs that paralyzes victims with excruciating pain.  Stranger still, the platypus is the only mammal that uses electroreception.  What this means is that the platypus uses its bill to sense the electricity produced by the muscular movements of its prey.  The platypus neither sees, hears, nor smells its prey while hunting but, rather, pursues it through electroreception.  Perhaps most odd, the platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young.  The platypus is an odd creature indeed.
What is the platypus is a strange mammal because it has venom, uses its beak to sense prey, and lays eggs?
300
The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson (1) From breakfast on through all the day (2) At home among my friends I stay, (3) But every night I go abroad (4) Afar into the land of Nod. (5) All by myself I have to go, (6) With none to tell me what to do― (7) All alone beside the streams (8) And up the mountain-sides of dreams. (9) The strangest things are there for me, (10) Both things to eat and things to see, (11) And many frightening sights abroad (12) Till morning in the land of Nod. (13) Try as I like to find the way, (14) I never can get back by day, (15) Nor can remember plain and clear (16) The curious music that I hear. In the final stanza of "The Land of Nod," the speaker says it is not possible to get back to the place or hear the music. This is because....
What is this was all a dream?
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Have you ever heard someone say, "See you later, alligator?" Often the response is, "In a while, crocodile." Both of these silly rhymes are funny. However, the funniest part may be that alligators and crocodiles are almost never found living in the same place. It is easy to confuse the two reptiles. They both look a lot alike. However, they are very different creatures. First, the two animals live in different types of habitats. Crocodiles like salt water like the water found in oceans. They live in almost all parts of the world. Alligators, on the other hand, prefer the fresh water of lakes and swamps. Most live in the United States and China. The only place in the world where both types of reptiles are found is in the Everglades. This national park is a wetland containing both types of water. Second, the noses of these reptiles are quite different. Crocodiles have long, narrow, pointed snouts that made a V-shape. They look like they are smiling, and showing some of their teeth. Their jaws are extremely strong and they can capture tough snacks like turtles, cows, or even small elephants. Alligators have U-shaped snouts and their teeth stay hidden until they are ready to take a bite of something tasty. They prefer to munch on smaller prey, including birds, fish or deer. If you are trying to tell the difference between these two reptiles, do it from behind the thick glass of zoo window. One thing the two creatures do have in common is they are strong and they are not afraid to attack humans if they feel threatened. How are the alligators and the crocodiles alike?
What is they both prefer to live in salt water, they both capture very large animals to eat, they both can be found living in the Everglades, they both have the same shape of snout and teeth?
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An expression that makes an imaginative comparison between two different things, without using words such as "like," or "as."
What is a simile?
400
The wind blew through the rigging as the boy watched the clouds roll in. As the waves grew bigger and bigger, he decided it was time to head home. What is the boy doing?
What is sailing?
400
When one hears the term “reality” applied to a television show, one might expect that the events occurred naturally or, at the least, were not scripted, but this is not always the case.  Many reality shows occur in unreal environments, like rented mansions occupied by film crews.  These living environments do not reflect what most people understand to be “reality.”  Worse, there have been accusations that events not captured on film were later restaged by producers.  Worse still, some involved in the production of “reality” television claim that the participants were urged to act out story lines premeditated by producers.  With such accusations floating around, it’s no wonder many people take reality TV to be about as real as the sitcom. 
What is reality TV shows are not very realistic because they are filmed in unrealistic places, may contain restaged events, and may be scripted?
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The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson (1) From breakfast on through all the day (2) At home among my friends I stay, (3) But every night I go abroad (4) Afar into the land of Nod. (5) All by myself I have to go, (6) With none to tell me what to do― (7) All alone beside the streams (8) And up the mountain-sides of dreams. (9) The strangest things are there for me, (10) Both things to eat and things to see, (11) And many frightening sights abroad (12) Till morning in the land of Nod. (13) Try as I like to find the way, (14) I never can get back by day, (15) Nor can remember plain and clear (16) The curious music that I hear. In the poem "The Land of Nod," what is another word for the "Land of Nod"?
What is dreamland?
500
"One day when the queen asked her mirror: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who in this land is fairest of all? It answered: You, my queen, are fair; it is true. But Snow-White is a thousand times fairer than you." Who is the most beautiful?
Who is Snow White?
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Ray knew his dad was not likely to help Ray pay to get his car fixed, so he was not surprised when his dad said, "I'll help you when pigs fly." What does the idiom WHEN PIGS FLY mean? A. soon B. never C. maybe D. always
What is B?
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Martin Luther King Jr. was the most important voice of the American civil rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all. He was famous for using nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice, and he never got tired of trying to end segregation laws (laws that prevented blacks from entering certain places, such as restaurants, hotels, and public schools). He also did all he could to make people realize that "all men are created equal." Because of his great work, in 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize -- the youngest person ever to receive this high honor. King was also a Baptist minister. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was just 39 years old. His birthday is now observed as a national holiday on the third Monday in January. -- From America's Story Based on the passage, you can infer that Martin Luther King Jr. was...
What is peaceful?
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In July of that year the bulk of the fleet reached a small island off the coast of Virginia that was called Roanoke. After building a small fort on the north side of the island, the colonists initiated relations with a Native American tribe that lived on the island, the Aquascogoc. These natives showed little interest in building relations with the English colonists, and they soon parted company. After this encounter, however, the English noticed that one of their silver cups had gone missing, and they attributed its disappearance to the Aquascogoc. Grenville, the English captain, was furious. He believed that the Aquascogoc had stolen the silver cup. Whether or not this was true, angry exchanges followed and soon the English burned the Aquascogoc village. The English held their fort against the subsequent attacks of the natives.
What is the English settlers at Roanoke got into a fight with the natives over a small property dispute. The English burned their village and the natives attacked the English fort.
500
From The Grave By Robert Blair Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them. In line four of the poem, the speaker says that "[the Dull Grave brands] our laughter with the name of madness." What does the speaker mean by this line?
What is One interpretation of this line is that it is crazy to laugh since death is imminent. In other words, since we are going to wind up in a grave (a dull one too) and there is no running or hiding from this fate, one could brand each laugh we share as mad or crazy.