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which sentence from the passage contains an oxymoron?
a. \look, chris, theres an authentic replica of the allosaurus here.\
b. \it seems fiercer in person than in the pictures that book we used to read were kids.\
c. \well sneak out once we have to turn that corner.\
d. heres so much more to see than this gem place that we have to be.\
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following the long line of students at the field museum, caleb and evan filed behind, taking in all of the sights. the day had already been a long morning of viewing exhibits and listening to mumbling tour guides. evan made his signature sigh of boredom, and chris knew that meant something mischievous was about to happen.
chris felt a tap on his shoulder, and his heart began to beat a little bit faster. there was nothing good that came from a tap from evan. they had been in trouble plenty of times, and chris was not looking forward to this adventure. he was hoping that their teacher would turn a blind eye to whatever evan was concocting in his head.
looking over his shoulder, chris heard evan whisper, \hey, we should head off on our own. theres so much more to see than this gem place that we have to be. come on. well sneak out once we have to turn that corner.\
okay, how do i get out of this? chris thought.
\all right. heres our opening. act naturally, chris,\ evan instructed, as he began to walk toward another exhibit.
evan led chris into an exhibit that seemed to be too good to be true. there were large displays of dinosaurs from the infamous tyrannosaurus rex to the gigantic apatosaurus. chris gaped at the dinosaurs in amazement because he had
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reading diagnostic assessment
9
which sentence from the passage contains an oxymoron?
a. \look, chris, theres an authentic replica of the allosaurus here.\
b. \it seems fiercer in person than in the pictures that book we used to read were kids.\
c. \well sneak out once we have to turn that corner.\
d. 	heres so much more to see than this gem place that we have to be.\
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submit
following the long line of students at the field museum, caleb and evan filed behind, taking in all of the sights. the day had already been a long morning of viewing exhibits and listening to mumbling tour guides. evan made his signature sigh of boredom, and chris knew that meant something mischievous was about to happen.
chris felt a tap on his shoulder, and his heart began to beat a little bit faster. there was nothing good that came from a tap from evan. they had been in trouble plenty of times, and chris was not looking forward to this adventure. he was hoping that their teacher would turn a blind eye to whatever evan was concocting in his head.
looking over his shoulder, chris heard evan whisper, \hey, we should head off on our own. theres so much more to see than this gem place that we have to be. come on. well sneak out once we have to turn that corner.\
okay, how do i get out of this? chris thought.
\all right. heres our opening. act naturally, chris,\ evan instructed, as he began to walk toward another exhibit.
evan led chris into an exhibit that seemed to be too good to be true. there were large displays of dinosaurs from the infamous tyrannosaurus rex to the gigantic apatosaurus. chris gaped at the dinosaurs in amazement because he had
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# Brief Explanations:
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. In option A, "authentic replica" is an oxymoron because an "authentic" item is original, while a "replica" is a copy, and these two terms contradict each other. Options B, C, and D do not contain such contradictory terms.
# Answer:
A. "Look, Chris, there's an authentic replica of the Allosaurus here."

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