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Determine the Meaning of Similes and Metaphors in Context

July 4, 2021

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Question 1 of 20

1. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
The children’s museum is a petri dish for diseases.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The museum is modeled after the structure of a disease.
- Diseases grow and spread easily at the museum.
- Diseases are the focus of the main exhibit at the museum.
- The museum lets children play with petri dishes.
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Question 2 of 20

2. Question
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The sleeping toddler is like an anvil in her mother’s arms.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The toddler seems very heavy.
- The toddler is useful for making things flat.
- The toddler is cold and hard.
- The toddler hammers her mother's arms.
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Question 3 of 20

3. Question
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The hiccups turned Grayson’s chest into a frog.
Choose Correct Answer:
- Grayson swallowed a frog.
- Grayson's chest was slimy.
- Grayson's chest was lurching up and down.
- Grayson was a frog.
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Question 4 of 20

4. Question
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The size large T-shirt was a tent on the small child.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The shirt was meant to cover the child's entire body.
- The shirt was incredibly big on the child.
- The shirt was propped up and open to serve as a shelter.
- The shirt was designed for camping.
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Question 5 of 20

5. Question
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The children’s feet on the stairs sounded like a herd of elephants.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The children were stomping loudly.
- There was a large group of children.
- The children's combined weight was equal to that of an elephant.
- The children were riding on elephants.
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Question 6 of 20

6. Question
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A window to the past, the seventeenth-century journal was fascinating.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The journal was made of glass.
- The journal was designed to look like a window from its author's house.
- The journal gave interesting insights into what life was like in the past.
- The journal contained extensive information about architecture from the seventeenth century.
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Question 7 of 20

7. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
The diamond necklace looked like stars against her black dress.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The stones in the necklace blended in with her dress.
- The stones in the necklace were shaped like stars.
- The necklace was only visible at night.
- The necklace shimmered and twinkled.
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Question 8 of 20

8. Question
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The sprinter took off like a rocket.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The sprinter was on a rocket.
- The sprinter was wearing a jet pack.
- The sprinter was very fast.
- The sprinter had a fast start but a slow finish.
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Question 9 of 20

9. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
The baby was as tired as a runner at the start of a race.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The baby was very fast.
- The baby was about to run a race.
- The baby was exhausted.
- The baby was not tired at all.
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Question 10 of 20

10. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
The nap was just the medicine Tara needed.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The nap helped Tara feel better.
- The nap was induced by medicine.
- The nap made Tara feel fuzzy-headed.
- The nap was prescribed by a doctor.
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Question 11 of 20

11. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
The expensive painting that Carla inherited was her ticket to a new car.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The painting was of a new car.
- The painting was on a winning lottery ticket.
- The painting made it possible for Carla to buy a car.
- The painting had a raffle ticket for a new car.
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Question 12 of 20

12. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
Her fingers flew across the keyboard like hawks diving for prey.
Choose Correct Answer:
- Her fingers moved quickly and accurately.
- Her fingers slowly searched for each letter.
- Her fingers touched the keys lightly.
- Her fingers typed a sentence about birds.
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Question 13 of 20

13. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
When Mom saw the mess we left in the living room, her face became a beet.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The mother became rooted in one place.
- The mother was sweet to her children.
- The mother's face turned red with anger.
- The mother's face began to sweat.
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Question 14 of 20

14. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
Speaking a second language is like a bridge between cultures.
Choose Correct Answer:
- Speaking a second language can help people build bridges.
- Speaking a second language can help a person understand another culture.
- Speaking a second language can help a person get directions when lost.
- Speaking a second language is unnecessary.
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Question 15 of 20

15. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
To Ernie, having friends over is as energizing as a cup of coffee.
Choose Correct Answer:
- Ernie gets a lot of energy from having friends over.
- Ernie becomes exhausted when he has friends over.
- Ernie feels very warm when he has friends over.
- Ernie is bitter when he has friends over.
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Question 16 of 20

16. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
The moon was a perfect porcelain plate hanging in the sky.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The moon was meant to be displayed.
- The moon was only brought out for company.
- The moon was bright white and perfectly round.
- The moon was easily broken.
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Question 17 of 20

17. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
The coaster was a shield in the table’s battle against water damage.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The coaster bore the family's coat of arms.
- The coaster protected the table from water.
- The coaster was made of metal.
- The coaster was designed by the military.
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Question 18 of 20

18. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
People with type O blood are like magnets for mosquitoes.
Choose Correct Answer:
- People with type O blood have metal in their bodies.
- People with type O blood are magnetic.
- People with type O blood often wear colors that mosquitoes like.
- People with type O blood attract more mosquitoes.
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Question 19 of 20

19. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
Janelle looked out the airplane window to see cars as tiny as ants.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The cars looked small because they were toys.
- The cars looked small because the plane was big.
- The cars looked small because the plane was so high.
- The cars looked small because they were built for ants.
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Question 20 of 20

20. Question
What is the most likely meaning of the metaphor in bold?
Getting to hold a kitten was a shining star in a black hole of a day.
Choose Correct Answer:
- The kitten was going to be sent to outer space.
- Holding a kitten was the only good thing that happened that day.
- The kitten was light colored, and everything around it was black.
- The kitten was appearing in movies and on television shows.
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