The author’s purpose is
Read the excerpts from different sections “The Scarlet Ibis.”Although Doodle learned to crawl, he showed no signs of walking, but he wasn’t idle. He talked so much that we all quit listening to what he said. It was about this time that Daddy built him a go-cart and I had to pull him around. At first I just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he started crying to be taken out into the yard and it ended up by my having to lug him wherever I went. If I so much as picked up my cap, he’d start crying to go with me and Mama would call from wherever she was, “Take Doodle with you.”***He’d nod his head, and I’d say, “Well, if you don’t keep trying, you’ll never learn.” Then I’d paint for him a picture of us as old men, white-haired, him with a long white beard and me still pulling him around in the go-cart. This never failed to make him try again.
In "The Caged Bird,” what is the speaker’s tone or attitude toward the subject of oppression? Choose three answers.
Read the dictionary entry.re • frain [ri-freyn]1. (verb) to resist doing something2. (noun) the chorus of a musical piece
Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”The caged bird singswith fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for stilland his tune is heardon the distant hill for the caged birdsings of freedom.
Amaya is taking notes for her presentation on the effects of air pollution, and she finds data about how pollution can cause a number of serious respiratory illnesses. In which portion of Amaya’s presentation does this information fit?
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention"."Sticks and stones don't break bones," she chanted. Yoyo could tell, though, by the look on her face, it was as if one of those stones the kids had aimed at her daughters had hit her. But she always pretended they were at fault. "What did you do to provoke them? It takes two to tangle, you know.”
Read the sentence.The skillful pilot maneuvered successfully during the training mission.
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Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase as an adverbial phrase?
Review the statement by Karin Slaughter in her NPR interview.And you have to make sure that the reader cares enough about these characters so that when bad things happen, they want to read along.
Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”A free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky.
Nila is preparing for an oral presentation. Which guidelines should she follow in preparation for answering questions at the end of her presentation? Check all that apply.
How do authors present and develop characters? Choose four answers.
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