Read this paragraph.Evan enjoyed his classes at his new middle school. His teachers were kind, and they worked to make the material interesting. His classmates seemed nice enough, but it was tough to get to know them through a class discussion or study session. And in the hall and cafeteria, everyone seemed paired off or in tight groups. Then an e-mail announced after-school club sign-ups. Evan was surprised by the diversity of the offerings: chess club, volleyball, computer gaming, and foreign language clubs. His old school had not had as many choices. He downloaded an application.
Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.He is a desperate slaveholder, who will shock the humanity of his non-slaveholding neighbors with the cries of his lacerated slave.
The prefix im- in the word impractical gives a clue that this word means
Read this excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.A city slave is almost a freeman, compared with a slave on the plantation. . . . There is a vestige of decency, a sense of shame, that does much to curb and check those outbreaks of atrocious cruelty so commonly enacted upon the plantation. He is a desperate slaveholder, who will shock the humanity of his non-slaveholding neighbors with the cries of his lacerated slave. Few are willing to incur the odium attaching to the reputation of being a cruel master; and above all things, they would not be known as not giving a slave enough to eat.
Adding the prefix -inter to the word state creates a new word that means
Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.She had never been in Canada but she kept painting wondrous word pictures of what it would be like. She managed to dispel their fear of pursuit, so that they would not become hysterical, panic-stricken.
Which prefix changes the meaning of continental from "of a continent" to "going across a continent"?
Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.The most I had to do was to drive up the cows at evening, keep the fowls out of the garden, keep the front yard clean, and run of errands for my old master's daughter, Mrs. Lucretia Auld. The most of my leisure time I spent in helping Master Daniel Lloyd in finding his birds, after he had shot them.
Read this excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.Unfortunately, the discovery was almost always made on a Sunday. Thus a whole day was lost before the machinery of pursuit could be set in motion. The posters offering rewards for the fugitives could not be printed until Monday. The men who made a living hunting for runaway slaves were out of reach, off in the woods with their dogs and their guns, in pursuit of four-footed game, or they were in camp meetings saying their prayers with their wives and families beside them.
Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Dorchester County, in Caroline County, the masters kept hearing whispers about the man named Moses, who was running off slaves. At first they did not believe in his existence. The stories about him were fantastic, unbelievable. Yet they watched for him. They offered rewards for his capture.
Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity. I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Any thing, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me.
Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.Mr. and Mrs. Auld were both at home, and met me at the door with their little son Thomas, to take care of whom I had been given. And here I saw what I had never seen before; it was a white face beaming with the most kindly emotions; it was the face of my new mistress, Sophia Auld. I wish I could describe the rapture that flashed through my soul as I beheld it. It was a new and strange sight to me, brightening up my pathway with the light of happiness. Little Thomas was told, there was his Freddy, – and I was told to take care of little Thomas; and thus I entered upon the duties of my new home with the most cheering prospect ahead.
Adding the suffix -tion to the word pollute makes a new word that means
Read this paragraph.Carmen was accepted into the prestigious Columbia Law School in the spring of 1991. She moved to New York City the following fall and devoted herself to her studies. For three years, she spent her days in class, her evenings working in the law library, and every spare minute reading about the law. Carmen graduated with honors in the spring of 1994 and accepted a job at the district attorney’s office in her hometown of Springfield, Illinois.
Read the paragraph below.The presenter, Mr. Jin, dimmed the lights and began to show his slides. Throughout the room, chins lifted and eyes worked to focus in the dark. The slides continued, revealing harsh landscapes, crowds of strangers, and seaside ports. Mr. Jin narrated his family’s journey to America. One slide prompted a quick intake of breath from the audience; another led to sighs of relief. When the lights came on and a time of questioning began, four hands shot up.
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