Read this excerpt from “Pakistan's Malala: Global Symbol.”"Ziauddin had a revolutionary zeal and deep commitment to education," Ellick said this week. "This charming little girl, she is a mini-version of him in many ways. She loves school, homework. Whenever she would meet me she had a bookbag full of books."Which word best describes the tone of the excerpt?
Which statement best reflects the author’s viewpoint in “Pakistan’s Malala”?
Read the sentence.I love reading travel books because they include beautiful pictures of faraway places and they motivate me to explore the world.
Read the excerpt from The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez.In Cuba, the air seemed to taste sweeter, as if there were mangoes growing nearby or your mother had just cooked your favorite dish. Here, although I was only a couple hundred miles away, everything felt more sterile, like I’d just walked into an office building. The rhythm of life was different, too. The pulsing sound of people speaking Spanish around me, or the music that would surprise your ears as you passed by an open window, was missing. In Miami, the sounds of cars filled the air, but I couldn’t get the pulse of the city. I was sure it was there, so maybe I wasn’t listening close enough. Maybe I just didn’t want to hear.
Read the excerpt from Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman.She found a seat in the middle section of the bus, behind the whites-only section. Three other black passengers boarded and sat next to Parks in the same row. Soon, all thirty-six seats on the bus were filled, with twenty-two black passengers seated from the rear and fourteen white riders from the front.Another white passenger boarded and stood in the aisle. The driver, James P. Blake, turned in his seat to look behind him. He called to the first row of black passengers to stand up and move to the back. "Let me have those front seats,” Blake ordered. All four passengers in the row would have to move so that the white man would not have to sit next to a black.
Read the sentence.Miriam is using information from page 68 of a book titled Stories from My Childhood, by Elizabeth Gardener.
Read the excerpt from Keesha’s essay about Labrador retrievers.Everyone seems to have a favorite breed of dog, but the Labrador retriever, with its many skills and natural friendliness, has always had a special place in my heart. Labradors are widely regarded as highly intelligent and loyal. Because of their personality, they are often valued as great family dogs. My uncle owns a Labrador, and it’s the friendliest dog I’ve ever met. Because he is such a friendly dog, we often take him to the dog park. But the most fascinating thing about Labradors is their hunting skills.What sentence in this paragraph is unnecessary?
During social studies, the students discuss the collapse of the Roman Empire. The teacher tells the students that everyone must respond to at least one comment that a speaker in their group makes.
When correcting a dangling modifier, what is a good question to ask?
Raheem is assigned to be the moderator during his group’s discussion of a short story the class previously read. Shortly after the discussion begins, one participant consistently interrupts when others are speaking.As the moderator, Raheem should
If you want to use a book as a source of information, which question would be most helpful in evaluating the credibility of the book?
Read the sentence.Growing on the side of the road, I noticed some bright pink and purple flowers.Which is the best revision of this sentence?
Which title is capitalized correctly?
Read the excerpt from the beginning of a story. Just as I had done every morning since they were old enough to attend school, I walked my brothers down the short path from our home in town to the one-room schoolhouse on the edge of the prairie. We talked about the Johnsons’ dog, who had shown up after being gone for over a month, and the adventures she must have had. We talked about the unseasonably cool September we were enjoying, and how it was a relief from the brutal heat of the month before. There was one thing we were not talking about: this would be the last morning I would walk them to school. Later this afternoon, I would be leaving our small town to go to college in the city. The closer we got to the school, the more slowly we walked, grief seeming to weigh down our steps.
Which line from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is an example of a simile?
Read the excerpt.The leaves on the trees that had been a vibrant green only a few weeks ago were beginning to dull and thin. The air was damp and thick and at times felt like a living presence. The sun was no longer hot enough to burn it off, but the permanent chill that November would bring to freeze it out had not yet set in. We walked to school slowly, and I felt a twinge of envy at the enthusiasm of the squirrels that seemed to dart in every direction across the sidewalk. I wish I had their energy today.
Read the excerpt.Our planet and its people face many complex problems. These problems are more difficult now than at any other time in history. Therefore, it is essential that we have free education for children worldwide because children of today will have to deal with these problems as adults.Which selection shows evidence that would be appropriate to use when researching this topic?
Keesha wants to write an essay about a breed of dog called the Labrador retriever. What is the first thing she should do before beginning to write her essay?
Read the excerpt from The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez."I’m sorry. Can’t Frankie and I stay together?”George looked at me in the rearview mirror. "Once we find you a foster family, then maybe. But you have to remember, your parents sent you here for a reason. Now it’s up to you to make them proud. You have to be strong.”Be strong. That’s what Papá had told me before I left. But he also said to take care of Frankie.
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?
Read the excerpt from “A Journey West.”Now, I was thirteen and I'd been working my whole life. I was the leader of the family (after Momma and Daddy, of course). Everyone knew I was a hard worker who handled a plow and team as well as any man. I could gentle a horse with a look and a whisper. So my family always listened to me. They all knew that Rosetta liked to make up drama whenever she could.
Read the passage from “Yellow Fever.”About 15 percent of people who fall sick feel better for a day, but then the disease progresses to a more dangerous form. The next stage can include high fever, internal bleeding, unconsciousness, and harm to the heart, liver, and kidneys. Liver damage is like a poison, and it causes people’s skin and eyes to take on a yellow color. Yellow fever gets its name from this symptom. In the end, 20 to 50 percent of people who develop the more severe type of yellow fever die.
Which sentence from “Yellow Fever” can be defined as an effect?
Read this excerpt about activist Dolores Huerta.When Dolores Huerta became an activist, she had already been married and divorced, had children, and had begun a new career as a schoolteacher.Her students were the children of farm workers. They came to school barefoot and hungry. She wanted to do more to help them. So she quit her teaching job to help their parents fight for better working conditions.
Read this excerpt about activist Dolores Huerta.Throughout the twentieth century, strikes and efforts to unionize migrant workers had failed to achieve real change. But the civic activism that swept through America after World War II stirred the Mexican-American community, including Huerta’s family.In 1955, along with her mother and an aunt, Huerta became involved in grassroots organizing as a member of the Community Service Organization (CSO). She honed her organizing skills and became a lobbyist in Sacramento, helping set up voter registration drives and fighting for the legal rights of migrant workers.
Read this excerpt about activist Dolores Huerta.Huerta always knew that her activism demanded great personal sacrifices. "I don’t feel proud of the suffering that my kids went through,” she said. "I feel very bad and guilty about it, but by the same token, I know that they learned a lot in the process.”Even when times were tough, Huerta never backed down. One of the first strikes organized by the FWA was with rose growers. On the day of a strike, she visited their houses and found out that some of them were planning to go back to work. To prevent this, she blocked their driveways with her truck and tucked the key in her purse.
Read this excerpt from "The Roller Coaster."As the chaperones bought tickets at a nearby booth, Cecelia looked up at the towering metal tracks of the roller coaster. I do not want to do this, she thought to herself.What is the connotation of the word "towering"?
Read the poem from Between the Silver and the Ash.In wintertime you will not see The object of your heart's desire.The treasure that will set you freeYou will not find in earth or fire.But stand where rocks and pebbles singAnd seek the joyous sounds of spring.
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.XAVIERI don't understand. She wanted to be a farmer. I don't. I want to go to college. I want to be a doctor. She knew that.KENNETHMaybe you don't understand.XAVIERYou're right. I don't understand. She gave me a farm. My dad's been trying to buy the Harston farm for two years. For me to farm. I keep telling him I don't want to be a farmer, but he won't listen. And now the one person I thought understood me . . .KENNETHWell . . . there's more than one thing you can do with a farm. You don't have to farm it.XAVIERRight. What else can you do with a farm besides plow it and plant it and harvest it, over and over again? What can you do with a farm besides farm it?KENNETHSell it.
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