The sentence that best paraphrases the first sentence of the excerpt is "You aren't telling me anything I don't know". This is because the narrator uses the metaphor of "rousing me from a deep sleep" as saying that he was aware of the situation that was going on, it wasn't that he didn't know about it.
An abandoned office would most likely be the best one. Just by hearing the word abandoned, it can give people chills because they don't expect what that abandoned office have. In a fiction story, it might have zombies or something.
Answer: Cilantro
Explanation: I did it on the i-ready test and got it right
Answer:
1. Lurk--to wait somewhere secretly
2. Intriguing-- very interesting because of being unusual or not having an obvious answer
3. Ashore--ashore
4. Invertebrate--without a back-bone
5. Tremendous--extremely good
6. Suction Cups--a cup-shaped device in which a partial vacuum can be produced when applied to surface
7. Serrated--having a series of sharp points on the edge like a saw
8. Dismember--to cut or tear the dead body of a person or an animal into pieces
9. Vicious--aggressive or dangerous
10.Elusive--difficult to find, define, or achieve
Explanation:
1) a metaphor
2) hyperbole
