Fill in the Blanks Sophie vocabOnline version Fill in the blank vocab by Jeffrey Beguin 1 antiquated foreshadowing jeer unruly onomatopoeia copious avid cornucopia ideal paradox metaphor simile bucolic As a child , I was an reader . I loved going to the library every week and browsing the fiction section for a new book . I always felt that books were food for the mind , and fuel for the soul . ( That sentence is an example of a ) . I was a well - behaved child . My brother , on the other hand , was an child . If you took him to the library he was like unleashing a monkey in a supermarket . ( That sentence is an example of a ) . My mother couldn't control him or even keep him seated for more than a minute or two before he was up and running around again . He needed to be moving around . He had to be active , which meant the library was not his place to spend a Saturday , and so he would focus all his frustration and negative energy on terrorizing me . Thus , the library became both a peaceful and dangerous place to be . ( That sentence is an example of a ) . My brother would sprint through the aisles stalking me like a lion chasing its prey . I could hear the crash and bang of him knocking down books ( That's an example of ) . He'd yell my name , or at me from the next row . His ultimate goal was to catch me not paying attention , at which point he would sneak within two meters of me , and rush towards me at full speed before tackling me into the dusty , old carpet of the library . ( At the end of this story , the brother becomes a professional American football player . So this scene at the library would be an example of . ) People in rural areas in the United States prefer a lifestyle . Most of them are farmers or work outside in some way . They appreciate nature and having a more simple life . Some of the schools in rural areas still have very classroom materials like chalkboards , wooden desks , and textbooks from ten years ago . For some reason , Sophie has marbles . Actually , she has a of marbles .
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