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CAHSEE 1.1 English Language Arts Passage Drill. Which line is an example of a metaphor?
CAHSEE 1.3 Passage Drill. Which of the following is the best way to express the meaning of the word alumni in this sentence?
CAHSEE 1.2 Passage Drill. Which of these sentences from the story best illustrates the sensitive side of the narrator's nature?
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CAHSEE ELA 3.5 Fluency. Which of the following is an example of a simile?
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Here's a shmoopish question you may find in life:
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Read the following passage. My brother always wanted to do everything
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his way. Whether it was what we were eating for dinner or what movie we were watching
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on Sunday night, he always had the final say. He was as stubborn as a mule, and my parents
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learned long ago that it was easier to just give in than to argue with him.
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Which of the following is an example of a smile?
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Here are the potential answers:
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So... what is this question asking? Do we know what a simile is?
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Well, we know it's almost certainly gonna use LIKE or AS. That's kinda integral to
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the definition of a simile -- it uses like or as to compare things.
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So if we knew NOTHING else -- didn't even read the paragraph...
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...we could take a quick glance at answer C and get our answer...
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...stubborn as a mule.
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None of the other potential answers have an as or a like IN them so... yeah the answer
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is C, as in...
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"College won't be this easy."
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