EOC Reading Review

Read the following sentences.

In the heat of the moment, Landon faltered with his footing and "stumbled" much like the shenanigans of Harpo Marx. The students applauded while the audience cried with laughter as Landon continued to entertain with a flamboyant thumbs-up.

The author uses an idiom in the sentence to show that Landon --

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Aiming to Achieve Summer Camp for Girls is a highly acclaimed program started in 1995 by a group of former inner city school teachers. They became concerned about the prospects for their female students because of the declining graduation rate.

Which word from the sentence is derived from the Latin root meaning "cry out"?

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James had played the video game so many times; he now found its repetitiveness to be mundane.

Based on the sentence, the word mundane means --

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Our camp allows bright, motivated 4th through 8th graders to attend educational seminars in order to extend their knowledge in an engaging and engrossing manner that has a practical application.

Which word from the sentence provides the best clue to the meaning of engrossing?

Unfortunately, Mrs. Hamilton's announcement wasn't enough to wholeheartedly engage Landon's attention; it took several moments for her words to penetrate his lingering concerns about catching a ride and sneak their way into his consciousness.

When Mrs. Hamilton inquired as to who needed a permission slip, faster than the speed of sound, Landon's hand flew up in the air before anyone else's in the class.

What two types of figurative language are used in this passage?