Read the two excerpts from The Red Umbrella.Excerpt 1"No, it’s all right, Lucy. Here, sit next to me, too.” Papá scooted over in the chair so I could squeeze in next to him. "And no, Frankie, I don’t expect the soldiers to come back. But things are going to change for us.” He sighed and looked at Mamá sitting by his feet. "Here, first let me give you this.” He reached into his pocket and pulled out Mamá’s wedding ring.Excerpt 2That night, Papá called Frankie and me into the living room. He was pacing back and forth. Something was terribly wrong."Mi hija, sit down.” He gestured over to the sofa. "Please.”"What’s going on?” I looked over at my mother, sitting in the armchair, hands crossed on her lap. A vacant look in her eyes.
In We’ve Got a Job, why does Audrey want to go to jail?
Which excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" best supports the theme that a person cannot escape reality through fantasy?
Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.As soon as James’s group was hauled away, Bevel released the next group of fifty students. When that batch was arrested, the next group burst from the church."Leaving out of the basement . . . we had our signs and all, I started crying,” Arnetta said. This time she didn’t cry out of fear. "When I looked up and saw all of the people . . . the idea of what was about to take place. The . . . Movement was moving forward. It was just overwhelming.”Each group emerged singing and clapping. Audrey’s group sang "Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round.” She later exclaimed, "The singing was like a jubilance.” Her group didn’t march as far as James’s had. "We got across the street, to the middle of the next block.” As her parents watched, she was arrested and put in the paddy wagon. Holding her game tightly, she was driven to Juvenile Hall at City Jail.Which general statement about the Movement is most likely true?
Read the sentence.Although it was raining slightly outside, Tamanika decided to go for a walk.
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.When Arnetta Streeter was in elementary school, she wanted to become a nun. She loved the nuns who taught at St. Mary's, the Catholic school she attended through third grade. Arnetta said they were "very, very strict," and she liked the discipline and high academic expectations.Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
In which sentence does the word strike have a negative connotation?
Read the excerpt from "The Turtle.”she doesn’t considerwhat she was born to do.She’s only filledwith an old blind wish.It isn’t even hers but came to herin the rain or the soft wind,which is a gate through which her life keeps walking.How does the author’s word choice connect to the poem’s message?
Read the excerpt from The Red Umbrella.George had been talking about American life and telling stories since we’d left the airport, but I couldn’t concentrate on his words. I was grateful that we all spoke Spanish, so it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand. I just couldn’t listen. My mind was elsewhere."Permiso, George,” I interrupted, "where did you say we were going again?” I was looking at what seemed to be miles and miles of nothing.
Read this scene from The Miracle Worker Act 3.(ANNIE is now alone on the stage. She turns, gazing around at the stripped room, bidding it silently farewell, impassively, like a defeated general on the deserted battlefield. All that remains is a stand with a basin of water. . . .)How do these stage directions add meaning to the play?
Read the following excerpt.Hybrid cars are not as helpful to the environment as some think; making the cars still creates pollution. Therefore, the only environmentally safe mode of transportation is walking or biking.Which online source is the most credible for gathering information about the topic?
Pick the sentence that avoids redundancy and wordiness.
Read the sentence.We asked Ahmad to notify us if he was not coming through e-mail.Which is the best revision of this sentence?
Read this sentence.Joe’s doctor said exercise would help him feel well.Which word is the most powerful synonym for the underlined word?
Read this excerpt from a play.Juan (setting down his backpack and taking a seat at the table): Mom, it’s not like I did it on purpose. I was just practicing my pitching in the yard.Mrs. Ramirez (heaving a sigh and loudly exhaling): And what have I told you about that?Juan: I know, I know. Wiffle balls in the yard, baseballs at the park.Mrs. Ramirez: Well, a wiffle ball would not have broken Mr. Nguyen’s ornamental bird bath.Juan: So, what should I do about it?Which line from the play contains stage directions that reveal emotion?
Read the excerpts from "Freedom Walkers” by Russell Freedman.Excerpt 1Parks was escorted to a patrol car and driven to the city jail, where she was booked, fingerprinted, and photographed. Allowed one phone call, she called home. Her mother, who was living with her, answered. "I’m in jail,” Rosa told her. "See if Parks [her husband] will come down here and get me out.”"Did they beat you?” her mother asked."No, I wasn’t beaten, but I am in jail.”Excerpt 2To be effective, a boycott would need the united support of the city’s African American bus riders. Most of them could not afford to own automobiles. How would they get to work? Asking blacks to protest for their rights in the segregated South of the early 1950s was asking them to summon uncommon personal courage—to put their livelihoods and even their physical safety on the line.
Select the sentence where the word “hot” correctly modifies the word “chowder.”
Why does the author of Exploring the Titanic give background information about his youth and education?
Read the excerpt from part 2 of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."The lady had now brought the water, which the soldier drank. He thanked her ceremoniously, bowed to her husband and rode away. An hour later, after nightfall, he repassed the plantation, going northward in the direction from which he had come. He was a Federal scout.Based on the excerpt, which is the most reasonable plot prediction?
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