AnswersOH-English Language Arts 10 AWriting an Essay to Compare the Presentation of Ideas across Genres

Writing an Essay to Compare the Presentation of Ideas across Genres — Cumulative exam Answers

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Which underlined phrases give specific details about place? Select two options.

A
The grade I earned in trigonometry last year required a lot of time and effort.
B
The student council’s goal is to raise enough money for the homecoming dance.
C
Last week, construction workers began building a new fire station around the corner.
D
Generous and hardworking, the volunteers built the playground over there.
E
Sometime last summer, the fruit stand down the street was replaced with a car wash.
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Read the excerpt from As You Like It by William Shakespeare.All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances.What do Shakespeare's metaphors most likely mean?

A
People play different roles throughout their lives.
B
People are always pretending to be someone else.
C
People are extremely dramatic sometimes.
D
People all go through the same phases of life.
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Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest.Years later, I witnessed a similar spectacle in Aden. Our ship's passengers amused themselves by throwing coins to the "natives,” who dove to retrieve them. An elegant Parisian lady took great pleasure in this game. When I noticed two children desperately fighting in the water, one trying to strangle the other, I implored the lady:"Please, don’t throw any more coins!”"Why not?” said she. "I like to give charity . . .”

A
to show how people everywhere need help
B
to show how his opinion of humankind has changed
C
to show that cruel behavior is not limited to only one situation
D
to show that people may do things without thinking of the consequences
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How do the underlined words and phrases affect the tone of the excerpt? Select two options.

A
They show apprehension.
B
They point out feelings of disappointment.
C
They demonstrate the despair of the situation.
D
They explain the uncertainty of what is happening.
E
They reflect an attitude of being resigned to one’s fate.
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The reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a specific way is called

A
thematic development.
B
plot structure.
C
character motivation.
D
prior knowledge.
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Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the Sea.”Then Pau Amma thought a little and said, ‘I have made my choice. I will take all the gifts.’Then the Eldest Magician made a Magic with the right hand, with all five fingers of his right hand, and lo and behold, Best Beloved, Pau Amma grew smaller and smaller and smaller, till at last there was only a little green crab swimming in the water alongside the canoe, crying in a very small voice, ‘Give me the scissors!’And the girl-daughter picked him up on the palm of her little brown hand, and sat him in the bottom of the canoe and gave him her scissors, and he waved them in his little arms, and opened them and shut them and snapped them, and said, ‘I can eat nuts. I can crack shells. I can dig holes. I can climb trees. I can breathe in the dry air, and I can find a safe Pusat Tasek under every stone. I did not know I was so important. Kun?’ (Is this right?)

A
“Then Pau Amma thought a little and said, ‘I have made my choice. I will take all the gifts.’”
B
“Then the Eldest Magician made a Magic with the right hand, with all five fingers of his right hand, and lo and behold, Best Beloved, Pau Amma grew smaller and smaller and smaller, till at last there was only a little green crab swimming in the water alongside the canoe, crying in a very small voice, ‘Give me the scissors!’”
C
“And the girl-daughter picked him up on the palm of her little brown hand, and sat him in the bottom of the canoe and gave him her scissors, and he waved them in his little arms, and opened them and shut them and snapped them, and said, ‘I can eat nuts.’”
D
“‘I can breathe in the dry air, and I can find a safe Pusat Tasek under every stone.’”
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Which element of a text best helps the reader determine the central idea?

A
minor details
B
paragraph structure
C
key details
D
extra commentary
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.Hormuz is a great and splendid city on the sea, governed by a malik and with several cities and towns in subjection to it. The people are Saracens who worship Mahomet. The climate is excessively hot—so hot that the houses are fitted with ventilators to catch the wind. The ventilators are set to face the quarter from which the wind blows and let it blow into the house. This they do because they cannot endure the over-powering heat.

A
The author is confused by the hot climate and how the people handle it.
B
The author is impressed by the hot climate and the people's response to it.
C
The author wants to learn more about the worship of Mahomet in Hormuz.
D
The author is surprised by the religious practice of the people of Hormuz.
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Which event is part of the exposition in "Cinderella"?

A
The slipper fits Cinderella’s foot.
B
A fairy godmother appears to Cinderella.
C
The prince and Cinderella get married.
D
An invitation to the prince’s ball arrives.
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Which quotation from "The Story of the Fisherman” in The Arabian Nights Entertainments supports the theme that cleverness trumps wrath?

A
“Vexed with having such a bad haul, when he had mended his nets, which the carcase of the ass had broken in several places, he threw them a second time.”
B
“‘O Fortune,’ he cried, ‘do not trifle thus with me, a poor fisherman, who can hardly support his family!’”
C
“At last I grew angry at being captive for so long, and I vowed that if anyone would release me I would kill him at once.”
D
“That vase could not contain one of your feet even, and how could your whole body go in? I cannot believe it unless I see you do the thing.”

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