When a text encourages the reader to believe or do something, the author's purpose is
Read the passage from "The Crab That Played with the Sea.”"‘You are lazy,’ said the Eldest Magician. ‘So your children shall be lazy. They shall be the laziest people in the world. They shall be called the Malazy—the lazy people;’ and he held up his finger to the Moon and said, ‘O Fisherman, here is the Man too lazy to row home. Pull his canoe home with your line, Fisherman.’"
Which of these are part of a basic plot structure? Select three options.
Read the sentence.Leila stared at the driver of the shiny red convertible stopped in the middle of the intersection, incredulous that he would stop traffic just to yell at another driver behind him.What does the use of incredulous connote?
Read the excerpt from "The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe.But these other apartments were densely crowded, and in them beat feverishly the heart of life. And the revel went whirlingly on, until at length there commenced the sounding of midnight upon the clock. And then the music ceased, as I have told; and the evolutions of the waltzers were quieted; and there was an uneasy cessation of all things as before. But now there were twelve strokes to be sounded by the bell of the clock; and thus it happened, perhaps, that more of thought crept, with more of time, into the meditations of the thoughtful among those who reveled. And thus, too, it happened, perhaps, that before the last echoes of the last chime had utterly sunk into silence, there were many individuals in the crowd who had found leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure which had arrested the attention of no single individual before. And the rumor of this new presence having spread itself whisperingly around, there arose at length from the whole company a buzz, or murmur, expressive of disapprobation and surprise—then, finally, of terror, of horror, and of disgust.
Read the passage from "Little Red Riding Hood.” In this older version of the story, she is called "Little Red- Cap."The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red-Cap entered the wood, a wolf met her. Little Red-Cap did not know what a wicked creature he was, and was not at all afraid of him."Good day, Little Red-Cap,” said he."Thank you kindly, wolf.”"Whither away so early, Little Red-Cap?”"To my grandmother’s.” "What have you got in your apron?”"Cake and wine; yesterday was baking-day, so poor sick grandmother is to have something good, to make her stronger.”"Where does your grandmother live, Little Red-Cap?”"A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood; her house stands under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are just below; you surely must know it,” replied Little Red-Cap.
Read the excerpts from " The Royal House of Thebes " and " The Story of a Warrior Queen ."Ismene weeping came from the palace to stand with her sister. "I helped do it," she said. But Antigone would not have that. "She had no share in it," she told Creon. And she bade her sister say no more. "Your choice was to live," she said, "mine to die."–"The Royal House of Thebes"When the Roman soldiers burst in upon them, they found the great queen dead, with her daughters in her arms.She had poisoned both herself and them, rather than that they should fall again into the hands of the Romans.–"The Story of a Warrior Queen"
Read the passage.Amira is punctilious about where everything in her room should go, and can't stand it when anything is out of place. Her friend Luz is the exact opposite, leaving a trail of stray pens, sticky notes, and unmatched gym socks wherever she goes.What does the word punctilious most likely suggest? Select two options.
Which details from the excerpt best support the conclusion that this story is about the creation of the world? Select two options.
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