Read the excerpt from The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez.As George strode to the car, I glanced back to see Frankie watching me.I gave him a small wave. Frankie just kept staring.I bent down, picked up my bag, and walked into the building. . . . For such a large building, it was strangely quiet, as if even sounds got lost inside. The hallway seemed to stretch on for miles. The heavy double doors creaked as they closed behind me. I quickly turned back and looked through the doors’ narrow windows. My heart shattered. I could see Frankie’s hands splayed against the station wagon’s side window as I heard his muffled yell. "Luuuciiiaaa!”
Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “covered in clover”?
Which sentence contains both a simile and personification?
Read this excerpt from A Girl from Yamhill.Proud to be the bearer of astonishing news, I run back. "Daddy! There’s a tree in the sitting room!"I expect my father to spring from his chair, alarmed, and rush to the sitting room. Instead, my parents laugh. They explain about Christmas trees and decorations.Oh. Is that all? A Christmas tree is interesting, but I am disappointed. A tree slipping into the house at night had appealed to me. I want my father to charge into the sitting room to save us all from the intruder.Based on this excerpt, the reader can reasonably infer that the narrator is
Read this excerpt from "The Kick and the Click."The next morning, Anthony awoke to laughing and applauding, so he threw on some jeans and a T-shirt and hurried down the hallway, giving his father a quizzical look when he reached the kitchen doorway.What is the denotation of the word "quizzical"?
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