Read the excerpt from "Aunty Misery.”Time passed and both Aunty Misery and her tree grew bent and gnarled with age. One day another traveler stopped at her door. This one looked untrustworthy to her, so before letting him into her home the old woman asked him what he was doing in her village. He answered her in a voice that was dry and hoarse, as if he had swallowed a desert. "I am Death, and I have come to take you with me."Which element of an allegory is found in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown, another story related to the yellow fever outbreak.He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. The lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. His throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . . .There was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. My family consisted of my wife and a young child. Our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. We ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. Our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. They did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. They consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. Who is the story’s first-person narrator?
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 excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”Another and another fell from the heat. Toby was there. He cried out to the fallen and reached his arms out to them. "Kum kunka yali, kum . . . tambe!” Whispers and sighs. And they too rose on the air. They rode the hot breezes. The ones flyin were black and shinin sticks, wheelin above the head of the Overseer. They crossed the rows, the fields, the fences, the streams, and were away.
Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.42. MED. SHOT – THE PORCH 42.As the first of the mob reaches the bottom steps. The screen door opens and Goodman comes out, a man in his early forties who first greets them smiling and then letting the smile fade as he sees the faces.Based on the stage direction, what should the reader visualize in shot 42?
Which statement best reflects the author’s viewpoint in “Pakistan’s Malala”?
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.
Which statement best identifies Mrs. Jones as the protagonist of "Thank You, Ma’am"?
Read this excerpt from "The People Could Fly.""Goodie-bye!" The old man called Toby spoke to them, poor souls! And he was flyin gone.So they say. The Overseer told it. The one called Master said it was a lie, a trick of the light. The Driver kept his mouth shut.Which element of folktale is included in this excerpt?
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?
Read the sentence.I can’t help but roll my eyes whenever my sister tells a fib about eating her vegetables so that she can get dessert.Why does the author most likely use the word fib in this sentence?
Read this excerpt from I Never Had It Made.Winning his directors' approval was almost insignificant in contrast to the task which now lay ahead of the Dodger president. He made certain that word of his plans did not leak out, particularly to the press. Next, he had to find the ideal player for his project, which came to be called "Rickey's noble experiment." This player had to be one who could take abuse, name-calling, rejection by fans and sportswriters and by fellow players not only on opposing teams but on his own. He had to be able to stand up in the face of merciless persecution and not retaliate.On the other hand, he had to be a contradiction in human terms; he still had to have spirit. He could not be an Uncle Tom. His ability to turn the other cheek had to be predicated on his determination to gain acceptance. Once having proven his ability as player, teammate, and man, he had to be able to cast off humbleness and stand up as a full-fledged participant whose triumph did not carry the poison of bitterness.Which is the central idea of this excerpt?
Which sentence from "Thank You, Ma’am" is part of the falling action of the story?
Which sentence uses the connotative meaning of the word snake?
Why does the author of Exploring the Titanic give background information about his youth and education?
Which line from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street helps to distinguish this teleplay as a work of science fiction rather than a work of fantasy fiction?
Read the excerpt from "The Caterpillar and the Butterfly.”Before attempting the unknown journey, however, he flew back to the round, green cabbage-head on which he had lived so long. There were the twenty, small, green caterpillars, still creeping slowly about and filling themselves with cabbage-leaf. This was all they knew how to do, and this they did faithfully. "Never mind, little caterpillars," said the new butterfly as he hovered over them, "keep on at your work; the cabbage leaf gives you food, and the crawling makes you strong. By and by you, too, shall be butterflies and go forth free and glad into God's great upper world." An example of personification in this excerpt is:
What is the purpose of this PSA?
Which plot element is repeated in "The Land of Laughter”?
Read the excerpt from “How I Learned English.”Ron O’Neill, Jim, Dennis, were talking it upIn the field, a blue sky above themTipped with cirrus.And there I was,Just off the plane and plopped in the middleOf Williamsport, Pa. and a neighborhood game,Unnatural and without any moves,My notions of baseball and AmericaGrowing fuzzier each time I whiffed.The first-person point of view in this excerpt helps readers understand
Read the excerpt from "Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."My friends, as we enter a new decade, it should be clear to all of us that there is an unfinished agenda, that we have miles to go before we reach the promised land.Which persuasive element does Chavez most use in this passage?
When giving an informal presentation, speakers can best prepare by
Based on the events of Act I of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, which event is most likely to happen in the rest of the story?
Read these excerpts from Fever 1793 and The Summer of the Pestilence.Fiction: Fever 1793A violent thunderstorm on Sunday cleared the air for a few hours, but when the sun came out Monday, it baked the streets until the rainwater rose in ghostly plumes of steam. I felt like a noodle over-boiled in the stewpot. And the bells continued to toll.Nonfiction: The Summer of the Pestilence During dry, warm days, the fever has seemed to spread but slowly; but when these chill northeasterly storms have come, it has taken whole sections of the city in a night.In what way do the excerpts reveal setting?
The first-person point of view in "How I Learned English” helps readers
Read these stanzas from the poem "Keep A-Pluggin’ Away" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. I've a humble little mottoThat is homely, though it's true,—Keep a-pluggin' away.It's a thing when I've an objectThat I always try to do,—Keep a-pluggin' away.When you've rising storms to quell,When opposing waters swell,It will never fail to tell,—Keep a-pluggin' away. If the hills are high beforeAnd the paths are hard to climb,Keep a-pluggin' away.And remember that successesCome to him who bides his time,—Keep a-pluggin' away.From the greatest to the least,None are from the rule released.Be thou toiler, poet, priest,Keep a-pluggin' away. What message is conveyed by both this poem and "Mother to Son"?
Read these sentences.General Washington could not rely on Henry Knox to supply regular reports about the yellow fever epidemic. He _____ wrote to the comptroller of the treasury, Oliver Wolcott, in an attempt to get an update on the situation in Philadelphia.Choose the correct transition word.
Read the excerpt from act 1 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. GOODMANShe's crazy. Look I can explain that. Please . . . I can really explain that . . . she's making it up anyway.(then he shouts)I tell you she's making it up!Which element of drama is highlighted in this excerpt?
Brooke has been asked to present on the topic below.Persuade students to participate in the annual seventh-grade Fun Run.What would be the most effective claim for this presentation?
Read the excerpt from “The Treasure of Lemon Brown.”“When you get as old as me all you say when something hurts is, ‘Howdy, Mr. Pain, sees you back again.’ Then when Mr. Pain see he can’t worry you none, he go on mess with somebody else.”Greg smiled.Which types of indirect characterization are used?
In We’ve Got a Job, why does Audrey want to go to jail?
Jade is making a public service announcement to encourage sun safety during summer break. What would best help convey this message using a serious tone?
The words and actions of Lemon Brown in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown” makes him seem like?
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?
Which sentence from “Yellow Fever” can be defined as an effect?
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.
Read the excerpt from “The Snow-Queen.”Kay and Gerda were looking at one of their picture-books—the clock in the great church-tower had just struck five, when Kay exclaimed, “Oh! something has stung my heart, and I've got something in my eye!”The little girl threw her arms round his neck; he winked hard with both his eyes; no, she could see nothing in them.“I think it is gone now,” said he; but it had not gone. It was one of the tiny splinters of the glass of the magic mirror which we have heard about, that turned everything great and good reflected in it small and ugly. And poor Kay had also a splinter in his heart, and it began to change into a lump of ice. It did not hurt him at all, but the splinter was there all the same.
Read this excerpt about activist Dolores Huerta."I had a family that I had to support,” Huerta recalled. "And here I was going to go start organizing farmers for no money with all these children.” Huerta had seven children at home – two from her first marriage and five from her marriage to Ventura.It was a very difficult decision, because it meant she no longer had a job to support her family. Union officials and employees earned $5 a week. Huerta and her family had to depend on contributions of food and clothing.
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 the excerpt from "Why Alligator Hates Dog.”Ever since then, M'su Cocodrie has borne a powerful grudge against Dog. He lies in the water as quiet and motionless as an old log, with only his eyes and nostrils peeping out, waiting patiently for his chance to take his revenge on that Dog and snap him up.
Which excerpt from "Why Alligator Hates Dog” creates the most suspense?
Read the excerpt from "Why Alligator Hates Dog.”Alligator hissed in delight. "Well, look who’s here . . . the mangy, miserable mutt who’s been mocking me every night, shouting, ‘Come and get me, come and get me!’ I gotcha now, don’t I? Get ready, because I’m gonna snap you up and grind you into mincemeat!”
Read this excerpt from Langston Hughes’s poem "Freedom's Plow.”The plow plowed a new furrowAcross the field of history.Into that furrow the freedom seed was dropped.From that seed a tree grew, is growing, will ever grow.That tree is for everybody,For all America, for all the world.
Read this excerpt from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes.Down into the earth went the plowIn the free hands and the slave hands,In indentured hands and adventurous hands,
Read this excerpt from “Freedom's Plow” by Langston Hughes.Labor! Out of labor came the rowboatsAnd the sailboats and the steamboats,Came the wagons, and the coaches,Covered wagons, stage coaches,Out of labor came the factories,Came the foundries, came the railroads.
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