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#4 Put a Lid on It
By Amy Aldred
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Match the following sentences with the correct identification.
The domed stadium made it possible for sports to be played in any weather.
This sentence is too broad.
Baseball and football fans used to suffer if the weather was bad.
This sentence is the main idea of the passage.
Over the years there have been improvements that have made watching sports more comfortable.
This sentence is too narrow.
This passage is about
baseball games.
cold weather.
how to play outfield.
domed stadiums.
At first, domed stadiums were especially difficult for
baseball players.
football players.
fans.
team owners.
We can conclude that domed stadiums are
a thing of the past.
a passing fad.
causing many changes in sports.
expensive to keep up.
The literary device called hyperbole is an exaggerated statement. Choose the hyperbole from the examples below.
Sports have always been ruled by the weather.
Football lovers sometimes took days to warm up after a freezing cold Sunday game.
It was the world's first stadium with a lid.
At first this was almost as difficult as playing in the dark.
In this passage the word
course
means
a place for a race.
a school of study.
the direction.
part of a meal.