Which words contain a root word related to "rule”? Select three options.
Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Carla Nappi.The man and the woman found themselves in a library. And they began opening the books. They scooped out phrases like small stones and threw them out the window. As each one landed on the ground or in the water, or as it took flight, it grew into a being that could inhabit this new world and populate its then, its now, and its to-come.First they made the past. . . .And then they opened their eyes, and made the present.He gave "a spreading wilderness of sudden waters” to the air. Each word grew liquid in a wet way that took on its character: sheets of moisture that bled out over the earth, and fogs of water that grew wild worlds inside them, and flashings of saturation. And in this way, he made the rain. (And it was a living, languaged thing.)
In the plot of "Cruel Tribute,” which events are a result of King Minos’s actions? Select 3 options.Athens agrees to pay the tribute.Young people participate in a lottery.Theseus uses the silken thread.Theseus fights the Minotaur.Aegeus drowns in the Aegean Sea.Theseus becomes king.
Read the paragraph from Viktoria’s narrative essay.As I read the rules, I became even more nervous. Fifty artists had been accepted to the competition. Each artist would have just three hours to create a painting. The topic of the painting would be revealed right before the artists would be allowed to start, so there was no chance I could brainstorm ideas ahead of time.
For a reader to two or more things, the reader must consider how the things are different.
Which genre is the best choice for learning about Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Indigenous woman to go to space?
conflictdialoguepoint of viewsensory language
What should a writer plan to include in the end of a narrative essay? Select two answers.a description of the settinga reflection on what was learnedan identification of the major people involveda description of the challenges and obstaclesa discussion about how the experience caused change
Read Fatima’s paragraph.Having moved up north just last year, I experienced my first snowstorm this past winter. At first, the snow twirled gently, lightly dusting the street, cars, and trees with snowy frosting. Then, the snow became a curtain, blinding my view so that I felt cocooned from the outside world. When the snow stopped, ice coated the trees and branches clacked like chattering teeth.
Which sentences feature a first-person point of view? Select three answers.
Read the excerpt from "The Flood” by James Baldwin.And so they walked on, down the steep slope of Mount Parnassus, and as they walked they picked up the loose stones in their way and cast them over their shoulders; and strange to say, the stones which Deucalion threw sprang up as full-grown men, strong, and handsome, and brave; and the stones which Pyrrha threw sprang up as full-grown women, lovely and fair. When at last they reached the plain they found themselves at the head of a noble company of human beings, all eager to serve them.So Deucalion became their king, and he set them in homes, and taught them how to till the ground, and how to do many useful things; and the land was filled with people who were happier and far better than those who had dwelt there before the flood.Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Carla Nappi.He gave "besides little” to the earth, and when it fell it bounced the memories of tiny little mosses into the soil.She gave "a great number of men” to the air, and each of the letters grew arms that grew fingers that grew huge filmy membranes between them that buoyed each letter higher and higher and higher until it broke open into a cloud in the shape of the face of a man who had perished in the flood.
Read the passage that Gabriel wrote for his narrative essay.Once we arrived at the local pool, I looked around to see who else was there. Normally, I would have found the kids frolicking and splashing in the water hilarious, but not today. They were cute, but the fact that they were half my age and swimming around like so many ducks just made me feel worse."You nervous?” my mom asked.I swallowed the lump in my throat. "Not really,” I mumbled, trying to hide my shaking hands in my pockets.I don’t think I fooled my mom, but she didn’t comment on the fact that I looked a little green. Instead, she tried to encourage me, saying, "Well, I think it’s really impressive that you’re going to confront your fear of water and learn to swim.”
Read the sentence.Upon returning to Athens after defeating the Minotaur in Crete, Theseus replaced King Aegeus, leading Athens into a new era of success.Which part of Theseus does the sentence best summarize?
Read the passage from the end of a narrative essay.When I talk about the experience now, I have mixed emotions. On the one hand, I’m envious of how simple life was before the accident. But on the other, I’ve grown so much as a result of everything that happened that, in an odd way, I’m grateful.
Which sentence most needs to be revised because its description is too vague?
Read the list of items that Aditi is planning to include in her narrative essay.1. I stayed after school once to work on the monologue with a teacher.2. I learned about an audition for the spring musical at my school.3. I realized that I need to practice more if I really want a role in the future.4. I went to the audition and barely remembered all my lines.
Based on its prefix, which is the correct definition of "impersonal”?
Read the passage from "The Beginnings of the Maasai.”Our relationship with Enkai is essential to the tribe. Enkai is neither male nor female. The sky god is powerful, but can change from nurturing to vengeful depending on our behavior. Sometimes Enkai is Enkai Narok, the Black God, happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains. When angry, though, Enkai becomes Enkai Nonyokie—the Red God. In these times, the sun grows incredibly hot until the earth dries up and becomes barren. Because of this, we work to keep Enkai happy.
During the revision process, which type of wording should a writer delete in a narrative essay?
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