Question

Question 10 Unsaved

"The boy stood ENTRANCED at the endless horizons of the desert."

What is the meaning of the capitalized word?
Question 10 options:



overcome by fear



overcome by wonder



motionless at the entrance



speechless from surprise

Question 9 Unsaved
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
Question 9 options:



"I was a zombie, a robot, devoid of concern for any one, myself included…"



"A morning wind shook the trees and brought a sweep of yellow leaves like a small, fluttering rainstorm."



"I was trying to take my place before the applause died, to avoid that embarrassing silence where you can hear your own feet on the gravely sand."



"All I'm saying, Posey, is if I ask you to do it, you can do it. That's all. I told you a million times why it don't taste right…"

Answer 1

For the first question, the usage of “entranced” here would mean transfixed by something so beautiful and endless as the desert horizon. The answer choice that best represents this is B. Overcome by wonder.

Doe the second question, a hyperbole is a phrase that uses an exaggeration to further express a speaker’s point or emotion. He answer choice that uses this is D. The hyperbole appears when the speaker says that they’re told Posey “a million times.” It is unlikely that Posey had actually been told this information a million times but it shows the speaker’s exasperation and the fact that the instruction has already been repeated in the past. This gives the reader a clearer understand of the characters’ backgrounds and plot events that may have happened early in the storyline or before the story began.

I hope this helps! :)