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CAHSEE ELA 9.3 Ambiguities. Which of the following is an example of figurative language in the previous passage?
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CAHSEE ELA 4.4 Expository Writing 478 Views
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CAHSEE ELA: Expository Writing: Drill 4, Problem 4. Using information from the passage, which of the following most accurately describes Zoltar's job?
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Shmoop this one on for size... You know the drill... pause it, read it...love it.
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Using information from the passage, which
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of the following MOST accurately describes Zoltar's job?
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And here are the potential answers:
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So... what is this question asking?
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Can we glean Zoltar's job from the information provided?
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Given the name, we're guessing he's not... an insurance adjuster.
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Fortunately, we don't have to worry about the entire passage here.
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Maneuver your eyeballs down to bullet three...that's where Zoltar is introduced...
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...and he has quite the bio.
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But let's not be distracted by all the hype and hoopla... what is his actual job?
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Is he... a bounce house supervisor?
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Not unless he does that in his spare time.
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The bounce house is covered in an entirely different bullet point... which means it likely isn't related.
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And there's no direct mention of Zoltar pulling double duty, so let's cross off
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A. Is he a competitive eater?
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Again, the eating contest is discussed in a different bullet point, so we can cross
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off B, too.
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What about C -- fortune teller?
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Ah... could be. Zoltar's paragraph says that he will "tell you everything you ever
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wanted to know about what life has in store."
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If that isn't telling a fortune, we don't know what is.
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Just to be sure... D? Flapjack flipper? No siree.
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C it is.
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As in... "Creepy much?"
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