Read this excerpt from the end of "The Land of Laughter.”And sometimes they thought of the Land of Riches, and said, "Ah! well"; and sometimes of the Land of Power, and sighed a little; and sometimes of the Land of Sacrifice—and their eyes were wistful. But they soon forgot, and laughed again.
Read this paragraph from an argumentative essay.One advantage to having cell phones in the classroom is that they can allow students to collaborate on projects without disturbing other students. Instead of increasing the noise level with discussion, students can communicate silently with text messages.Select the best revision for the paragraph.
In "The Land of Laughter,” how do readers most likely feel when the lady sends the boys away because they cannot smile?
In "The Land of Laughter,” when the author repeats the phrase "and sometimes” while the main characters think about the other lands, what does it most likely show about the characters?
An argumentative essay should be written with precise words that create a(n) ____________ tone.
Read this 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. "Seize the old man!” cried the Overseer. "I heard him say the magic words. Seize him!” The one callin himself Master come runnin. The Driver got his whip ready to curl around old Toby and tie him up. The slaveowner took his hip gun from its place. He meant to kill old, black Toby. But Toby just laughed. Say he threw back his head and said, "Hee, hee! Don’t you know who I am? Don’t you know some of us in this field?” He said it to their faces. "We are ones who fly!” Read this excerpt from "My Escape from Slavery.”But I had a friend—a sailor—who owned a sailor’s protection, which answered somewhat the purpose of free papers—describing his person, and certifying to the fact that he was a free American sailor. The instrument had at its head the American eagle, which gave it the appearance at once of an authorized document.Both the fictional text in "The People Could Fly” and nonfictional text in "My Escape from Slavery” show that:
Which repeated statement in "The Land of Laughter” introduces conflict in the story?
Which statement best describes how listening to an audio recording of a story is similar to reading the text?
Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”Say the people who could fly kept their power, although they shed their wings. They kept their secret magic in the land of slavery. They looked the same as the other people from Africa who had been coming over, who had dark skin. Say you couldn’t tell anymore one who could fly from one who couldn’t.
Read the excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”And the old man, old Toby, flew behind them, takin care of them. He wasn’t cryin. He wasn’t laughin. He was the seer. His gaze fell on the plantation where the slaves who could not fly waited.
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 "The Caterpillar and the Butterfly.”"Did she leave these for me to care for?" said he to himself. Then came the perplexing question—how could he, a crawling caterpillar, take care of baby butterflies. He could not teach them anything except to crawl and nibble cabbage leaves. If they were like their beautiful mother, would they not soon fly far beyond his reach? This last thought troubled him a great deal, still he watched over them tenderly until they should hatch. He could at least tell them of how beautiful their mother had been and could show them where to fly that they might find her. Which human characteristics does the caterpillar show?
Which most likely explains why the story "Brer Rabbit’s Adventure” was told?
Read the excerpt from "Brer Rabbit’s Adventure.”After a long time, a man came to the box and took off the lid; then he took out the chair. "I am lost now," said Brer Rabbit, "for surely this is a two-footed animal come to gobble me up." So he huddled himself up in the corner, but it was so dark in the cellar that the man never saw him, and he took the chair away, and left Brer Rabbit all alone, and the lid off the box. "Now," said Brer Rabbit, "I am at least free of this box, but I will just wait awhile before I pop out in case any one should come in and see me." Which is an example of personification in the excerpt?
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