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While reading a short passage from a realistic fiction story aloud to the class, a student reads the following sentence: "I didn't think what I had done was so bad, but my mother sure knows how to make a mountain out of a molehill."The teacher focuses the students' attention on the author's use of the phrase "to make a mountain out of a molehill" as an example of figurative language. Which of the following teacher actions is the most appropriate next step in helping students understand the phrase?a. Having students recall other texts in which an author has used other unique linguistic structuresb. Asking students to decide whether the literal meaning of the phrase is the author's intended messagec. Adding the phrase to a student-created poster of author's tools used to convey meaning by using language in interesting waysd. Requiring that students write explanations of their personal reactions to the author's pu

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