Read the excerpt from "Justin Lebo.” On the way home, Justin was silent. His mother assumed he was lost in a feeling of satisfaction. But he was thinking about what would happen once those bikes got wheeled inside and everyone saw them. How would all those kids decide who got the bikes? Two bikes could cause more trouble than they would solve. What conflict is introduced in this excerpt?
Which best describes the purpose of "Justin Lebo”?
Which detail from "Justin Lebo” best shows that Justin is caring?
What were the author’s purposes in writing It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference ? Choose two correct answers.
Look at the frames from One War Ends, Another Begins . Open image in full-screen view How does the author highlight Clara’s impact on others in these frames?
Look at these frames from One War Ends, Another Begins . Open image in full-screen view Open image in full-screen view Which best describes the author’s purpose in these frames of One War Ends, Another Begins ?
Cynthia is writing a fictionalized story about the real life of a nurse. She used a scene from her favorite television sitcom as the source material for her research on the life of nurses. How will Cynthia’s teacher most likely critique her source material?
Which is an example of situational irony?
Look at the frames from One War Ends, Another Begins . Open image in full-screen view Open image in full-screen view Which best describes the author’s purpose in these frames of One War Ends, Another Begins ?
An author fictionalizing a story should use which types of source materials to research the story’s elements? Choose three correct answers.
Luka is writing a fictionalized story about a physicist. What would be the best choice for source material to use for his story?
Read the excerpt from an interview. Reporter: I’m standing here today with Dr. Kira Klein, director of the International Foundation for the Study of Viruses. Dr. Klein, what do you think of the recent report from the Center for Disease Control on the likelihood of a flu epidemic? Dr. Klein: With so many new flu viruses popping up each year, and with the prevalence of international travel, I have to agree that an international flu epidemic is a real possibility. For which fictionalized story would this passage be most appropriate as source material?
In "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry most likely uses the irony of the couple’s gifts to express the theme that
Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi." "Isn't it a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it." Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled. "Dell," said he, "let's put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose you put the chops on." Which best describes the use of irony in this excerpt?
If the author of "The Gift of the Magi" had made the reader aware of the gift that Jim had purchased in the beginning of the story, this would be an example of
Read this character description from "The Gift of the Magi." Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only 1 point 8 7 dollars with which to buy Jim a present. What inference can be made about Della from this description?
Which statement best describes a difference between the two animal rights passages?
Read the excerpt from "Youth Activism and Animal Rights.” In addition to traditional events like bake sales and car washes, young activists have raised money through more creative means. Many use special occasions, such as birthdays and bar or bat mitzvahs, to ask their friends and families to donate money to animal rights, rather than give gifts. Why does the author most likely include these details?
Which detail from "Undercover Farmer” best shows that the narrator’s activism on behalf of farm animals changed practices in the community?
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