Descriptive Language and Character: Clara Barton — Cumulative exam Answers

Read the excerpt from "Dwaina Brooks.”Then one afternoon, Dwaina talked with a young man who had been without a home for a long time."What do you need?" she asked him."I need a job and a permanent home," he replied."Well, I can't give you that," she answered impatiently. "I don't have a job either. Don't you need anything else?""Yeah. I would love a really good meal again."

Read the excerpt from "Dwaina Brooks.”Dwaina tore into the house that night after school and found her mother, Gail. As usual, she was in the kitchen. "Mama," Dwaina said. "I need you to help me fix some stuff to take down to that shelter we call at school. Let's make up as much as we can. Sandwiches and chicken. Let's get everyone to do it. C’mon."

In "Binding Memories,” a book’s spine serves as an extended metaphor for the speaker’s

Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.”Bound by a spine strong enough to hold entire worlds

Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.”Bound by a spine strong enough to hold entire worlds of information and dreams,history and invention.

Which excerpt from "Binding Memories” contains imagery that helps the reader understand why the speaker loves books?

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Teiresias.‘Then a seaborne deathsoft as this hand of mist will come upon you when you are wearied out with rich old age,your country folk in blessed peace around you.And all this shall be just as I foretell.’

Read the excerpt from "Say No to GM Food.”These unknown consequences have kept many countries in need of a larger food supply steering clear of importing large amounts of GM food or growing the crops on their soil. Kenya, a country with a known food deficit, has banned GM crops entirely.

Which is the best comparison of tone in these two essays on genetically modified food?

Read the excerpt from a discussion of themes in The Odyssey - Penelope.Throughout Penelope’s encounter with the disguised Odysseus, she demonstrates how loyal she has been to him during his long absence.

Read the passage from Rain Myths.Near the beginning of life on Earth, Shen Nong, who was the Lord of the Wind, made many journeys over our world. Shen Nong was the second of the Three Sovereigns. The other two Chinese sovereigns were called Fu Xi and Yen Ti. One after another, they helped create civilization and imparted to mankind many skills, lessons, and gifts.