Question 9 • 2026 Summer 305 ELA/ESOL CR_Grade 7
“Huge” best emphasizes how much larger this alligator was than the small alligators the children had seen before. “Big” is possible in general, but “huge” more strongly conveys their surprise and fits the contrast in the paragraph. “Grand” and “bulky” do not describe the alligator’s size as naturally in this context.
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