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Using Punctuation — Unit test Answers

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Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea is a

biography.

memoir.

scholarly study.

fictional narrative.

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Read the sentence.I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.

I spend about-half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.

I spend about half my time, he spends two-thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.

I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a-third, of her time on research.

I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe-a-third, of her time on research.

What is a theme in Dwight Okita’s poem "In Response to Executive Order 9066"?

Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans.

President Roosevelt was a wise and careful decision maker.

Many Japanese Americans were undercover spies for the enemy.

The US had to intern Japanese Americans to secure domestic borders.

Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.In this universe some men existed only to kill and others only to die. And the system functioned with exemplary efficiency: tormenters tormented and crushed their prey, torturers tortured human beings whom they met for the first time, slaughterers slaughtered their victims without so much as a glance, flames rose to heaven and nothing ever jammed the mechanism. It was as if it all unfolded according to a plan decreed from the beginning of time. Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which is an accurate statement about the excerpt and panel?

Both pieces describe the process by which the Nazis divided members of the Jewish communities.

Both excerpts relate the experiences of the Jews before they arrived at the concentration camps.

Both pieces depict the treatment the Jewish people endured during the brutal Nazi campaign.

Both excerpts show the experiences of the Jews after they were separated into groups.

A metaphor makes a comparison

that is between two unlike things.

that is between two similar things.

that uses the word like.

that uses the word as.

Read the passage from "To Autumn."Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

does not use rhyme in its structure.

shows several speakers’ questions.

describes a single speaker’s feelings.

has no definite rhythm in its structure.

Read the passage from "To Autumn.”Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

apostrophe.

metaphor.

rhyme.

rhythm.

Read the passage from "To Autumn."Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core

The author uses metaphor and simile to compare autumn to various elements found in nature.

The author uses apostrophe to help the reader form an objective, detached view of autumn.

The author uses a simple, logical style to explain to the reader what autumn is really like.

The author uses imagery and personification to make autumn seem friendly and generous to the reader.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Third, they respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them;Which approach best describes the tone of the excerpt?

subjective with a number of loaded words and phrases

subjective with a reliance on facts and logic

objective with a number of words relying on authority

objective with a string of logical deductions and facts

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the object of securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement and social security;This statement is based on the assumption that

improved labor standards, economic achievement, and social security are not always possible.

most countries will want to cooperate with the US and Great Britain after the war ends.

Churchill and Roosevelt have already developed a plan for international economic improvements.

all countries will cooperate to achieve common goals with regard to the world economy.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries, and which will afford assurance that all the men in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want;This statement is based on the assumption that

peace is not possible for all people of the world.

some men will still lead lives of fear and want.

the allied powers will defeat Nazi Germany.

Germany will cooperate with Great Britain and the US.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.Which best describes the tone of the excerpt?

untrustworthy

personal

formal

impartial

Read the excerpt.My father had never met Andrzej, yet that morning he sent for the boy he had forbidden me to see to come into our house. Not a word had been spoken to me about these arrangements. This was my father, and of course I was not consulted.I was standing in the kitchen when I heard Andrzej’s voice at our door. My knees sank. Mama scrutinized me. I did not even look at his face.“Welcome, Andrzej. Please have a seat.” Papa offered him a chair. . . .“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.”Determine the narrator’s point of view in Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.

a historian recounting her own experiences during the Holocaust

a historian describing a survivor’s experiences during the Holocaust

a teenager describing her own experiences during the Holocaust

a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust

Read the excerpt.The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked.Finally, Andrzej signaled for me to stand up. Slowly, bracing my hands against the river rocks, I stood. My legs were barely able to stand my weight, they were shaking so badly with cold and fear.Which best describes the impact of Gelissen’s first-person account of her experiences in the excerpt from Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz?

It educates the reader on the historical sequence of events.

It causes the reader to question the truthfulness of the text.

It helps the reader to better understand the author’s pain and fear.

It distracts the reader from the narrative development of the story.

Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.Thrown off balance, struggling to keep from falling into the abyss below, I plummeted out of reach. Rolling down the steep incline, I grabbed at tree branches to break my fall as they ripped the mittens from my hands. Biting my tongue, I splashed into a stream with no cushion but ice-covered boulders. The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked. Which best describes the impact of this excerpt that reflects Gelissen’s decision to tell her story in memoir form?

It provides a variety of personal accounts of World War II and the Holocaust.

It provides an objective and detached account of a major historical event.

It provides a history of the key events of World War II and the Holocaust.

It provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.

Read the excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s “

to emphasize the relationship between John and his parents

to provide a historical context in which the events occur

to represent the speech of a particular community in a particular time and place

to reflect the mixed emotions John’s mother has about her child

Read the excerpt from Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea.”Matty Redding, John's mother, was setting the table for supper. She was a small wiry woman with large eyes that might have been beautiful when she was young, but too much weeping had left them watery and weak.Which best describes the intent of Hurston’s use of voice as it relates to cultural experience?

Hurston explores the outdated notion of women in the kitchen rather than in the workforce.

Hurston reinforces the idea that women openly show their emotions, whereas men try to conceal them.

Hurston highlights the hardships that women in the community are experiencing through her description of Matty Redding.

Hurston comments on the wasted beauty of youth and the cruelty of aging through her portrayal of the main character.

Which excerpt from Hurston’s “

"Yes, indeed!" said the father looking toward the tree designated.

Sometimes in his dreams he was a prince, riding away in a gorgeous carriage.

Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the simple folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams.

"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."

Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.” Look at this image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.What idea is related in both excerpts?

the sense of relief people experienced when they found a way to escape during the Holocaust

the sense of fearful hesitancy people experienced while living under the oppression of Nazis fascism during the Holocaust

the sickness parents experienced as they were separated from their children during the Holocaust

the sense of confusion small children and older adults experienced during the Holocaust

Read the excerpt from Rena Kornreich Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.” Read the text and study the image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.The theme best expressed in both excerpts is

reconnecting with family

discovering new paths

rebelling communities

threatening uncertainty

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