Read the excerpt from White Fang, originally published in 1906."Kiche!" the man cried again, this time with sharpness and authority.And then the cub saw his mother, the she-wolf, the fearless one, crouching down till her belly touched the ground, whimpering, wagging her tail, making peace signs. The cub could not understand. He was appalled. The awe of man rushed over him again. His instinct had been true. His mother verified it. She, too, rendered submission to the man-animals.Which best states the perspective of White Fang’s mother in the excerpt?
Read this excerpt from White Fang.At last [White Fang’s] nose touched the canvas. He waited. Nothing happened. Then he smelled the strange fabric, saturated with the man-smell. He closed on the canvas with his teeth and gave a gentle tug. Nothing happened, though the adjacent portions of the tepee moved. He tugged harder. There was a greater movement. It was delightful. He tugged still harder, and repeatedly, until the whole tepee was in motion.What is revealed about White Fang through his interaction with the tepee?
Read this excerpt from White Fang by Jack London.White Fang saw his mother taken aboard Three Eagles’ canoe, and tried to follow her. A blow from Three Eagles knocked him backward to the land. The canoe shoved off. He sprang into the water and swam after it, deaf to the sharp cries of Grey Beaver to return.This is an example of conflict between
Read this excerpt from White Fang.Hated by his kind and by mankind, indomitable, perpetually warred upon and himself waging perpetual war, his development was rapid and one-sided. This was no soil for kindliness and affection to blossom in. Of such things he had not the faintest glimmering. The code he learned was to obey the strong and to oppress the weak. Grey Beaver was a god, and strong. Therefore White Fang obeyed him. But the dog younger or smaller than himself was weak, a thing to be destroyed.What motivates White Fang “to obey the strong and to oppress the weak”?
Anna wrote this paragraph to answer the research question, "What was one cause of the Great Depression?”Supply and demand was one major cause of the Great Depression. During World War I and the years that followed, farms and factories were producing large quantities of goods. However, wages did not rise even as the cost of these goods did, so many people could not afford these goods and services. As factories and farms realized this, they cut back on production and laid off workers, leaving more and more people unable to purchase goods and services. A lot of men began to roam the countryside looking for new jobs. Thus, the trend continued: as more people were unable to buy things, more workers lost their jobs.Based on the research question, which sentence is an unnecessary fact or detail?
A student wrote the following sentence.Keiko handed her castle project to her teacher that was late.How does the misplaced modifier cause confusion in the student’s sentence?
Benji has been asked to write about Kiche, the mother wolf-dog in White Fang. Which sentence would be most appropriate for him to include in his character analysis?
Read this excerpt from White Fang.In the same way he resented his mother being tied with a stick, even though it was done by the superior man-animals. It savoured of the trap, of bondage. Yet of the trap and of bondage he knew nothing. Freedom to roam and run and lie down at will, had been his heritage; and here it was being infringed upon. His mother's movements were restricted to the length of a stick, and by the length of that same stick was he restricted, for he had not yet got beyond the need of his mother's side.What change in White Fang is presented in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from White Fang, originally published in 1906.The man who had spoken came over to her. He put his hand upon her head, and she only crouched closer. She did not snap, nor threaten to snap. The other men came up, and surrounded her, and felt her, and pawed her, which actions she made no attempt to resent. They were greatly excited, and made many noises with their mouths. These noises were not indications of danger, the cub decided, as he crouched near his mother, still bristling from time to time but doing his best to submit.Which best states the perspective of White Fang in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from White Fang, originally published in 1906.The four Indians laughed more loudly, while even the man who had been bitten began to laugh. They surrounded [White Fang] and laughed at him, while he wailed out his terror and his hurt. In the midst of it, he heard something. The Indians heard it, too. But the cub knew what it was, and with a last, long wail that had in it more of triumph than grief, he ceased his noise and waited for the coming of his mother, of his ferocious and indomitable mother who fought and killed all things and was never afraid. She was snarling as she ran. She had heard the cry of her cub and was dashing to save him.Which best states the men’s perspective in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”As he sat and regained his breath, he noted that he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He was not shivering, and it even seemed that a warm glow had come to his chest and trunk. Then the thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending, and he made another wild run along the trail. And all the time the dog ran with him, at his heels.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”When he fell down a second time, the dog curled its tail over its forefeet and sat in front of him, facing him, curiously eager and intent. The warmth and security of the animal angered him, and he cursed it till it flattened down its ears appeasingly. This time the shivering came more quickly upon the man. He was losing in his battle with the frost.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”The thought of it drove him on again, but he ran no more than a hundred feet before staggering and pitching headlong. It was his last panic. It occurred to him that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off. He was bound to freeze anyway, and he might as well take it decently and meet death with dignity. With this new-found peace of mind came the first glimmerings of drowsiness. A good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death. Freezing was not so bad as people thought. There were lots worse ways to die.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”The sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head. He would kill it and bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness went out of them. Then he could build another fire. He spoke to the dog, calling it to him; but in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, and it would not come.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”This would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear. At seventy-five below zero, a man can run along the trail for half a mile and restore his circulation if his feet are dry; but the circulation of wet and freezing feet cannot be restored by running when the temperature is that low.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”He was angry, and cursed his luck aloud. This would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”But he was safe. There was the fire, snapping and crackling and promising life with every dancing flame. He remembered the old-timer on Sulphur Creek who had warned him that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. Yet here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers were rather womanish, he thought, smiling to himself.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”At a place where there were no signs, where the soft, unbroken snow seemed to advertise solidity beneath, the man broke through. He wet himself halfway to the knees before he floundered out to the firm crust.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”Now, high up in the tree, a bough capsized its load of snow; this fell on the boughs beneath, growing like an avalanche, until it descended without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was blotted out!
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