When is the best time to reread a difficult passage in a text?
Read the following sentence.In some cities, the penalty for littering includes hefty fines and community service.
Read the sentence.Noah who draws comic books in his free time wants to write a graphic novel.Which version of the sentence has correctly placed commas?
How does the allusion to famous jazz musicians in “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” contribute to the poem?
Which sentence contains a correctly punctuated nonrestrictive modifier?
Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.Nobody had, since this was the first "general strike" in the garment trades, also the largest strike of women workers ever known in the United States until that moment.
Read and reread the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.The officers of Local 25 sent them on to the owners — along with one more demand, recognition of the union. This came to mean the "closed shop." Only union members can work in a closed shop, since the only way to set uniform wages and standards is to have the union do it; otherwise employers would always try to undercut one another. And the union can standardize the industry only when it controls the supply of labor through the union shop.
Which sentence is capitalized correctly?
Read the student paragraph about a theme presented in “Raymond's Run.”One theme in this story is “Treat others the way you would like for them to treat you.” Squeaky feels that adults should give kids the same respect that they expect from them. When Mr. Pearson calls Squeaky by her nickname, she thinks, “. . . he’s got no right to call me Squeaky, if I can’t call him Beanstalk.”
Read the following sentences.Sierra’s parents were extremely proud of her admirable achievements in school. It was obvious that her hard work had been rewarded.
Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”I was once a strawberry in a Hansel and Gretel pageant when I was in nursery school and didn’t have no better sense than to dance on tiptoe with my arms in a circle over my head doing umbrella steps and being a perfect fool just so my mother and father could come dressed up and clap. You’d think they’d know better than to encourage that kind of nonsense. I am not a strawberry.
Read this excerpt from “The Medicine Bag.” “Then a terrible thing happened to Iron Shell. He and several other young men were taken from their homes by the soldiers and sent far away to a white man’s boarding school. He was angry and lonesome for his parents and the young girl he had wed before he was taken away.”
Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”There is no track meet that I don’t win the first-place medal. I use to win the twenty-yard dash when I was a little kid in kindergarten. Nowadays, it’s the fifty-yard dash. And tomorrow I’m subject to run the quarter-meter relay all by myself and come in first, second, and third. The big kids call me Mercury ‘cause I’m the swiftest thing in the neighborhood.
Read the excerpt from "Gawayne."At last the long evening was over, the last measure danced, the last wine-cup drained, the bride escorted to her chamber, the lights out, the guests separated in their rooms, and Gawayne was free to think of what he had done, and to consider how he had ruined his whole hope of happiness. He thought of his uncle's favour, of the poor lady's gratitude, of the blessing she had invoked upon him, and he determined to be gentle with her, though he could never love her as his wife. He entered the bride-chamber with the feeling of a man who has made up his mind to endure, and did not even look towards his bride, who sat awaiting him beside the fire. Choosing a chair, he sat down and looked sadly into the glowing embers and spoke no word.
Read the excerpt from "Gawayne."Now the giant cried aloud: "Yield or fight, King Arthur; which will you do? If you fight I shall conquer you, for you have no power to resist me; you will be my prisoner, with no hope of ransom, will lose your land and spend your life in my dungeon with many other brave knights. If you yield I will hold you to ransom, but you must swear to accept the terms I shall offer."
Read the excerpt from "Gawayne."Now the giant cried aloud: "Yield or fight, King Arthur; which will you do? If you fight I shall conquer you, for you have no power to resist me; you will be my prisoner, with no hope of ransom, will lose your land and spend your life in my dungeon with many other brave knights. If you yield I will hold you to ransom, but you must swear to accept the terms I shall offer."
Read the excerpt from "Our Hero.”The town is setting up for the paradeto welcome brave Bill Wilson home again. Along the town's main street, flags and balloons,like cheerful sparring partners, bob and weave,and Bill's big brother Joe directs a crowdof grade school boys and girls. They sweep the streetand chatter with excitement about Bill.
Read the excerpt from "Our Hero."Bill Wilson has been gone for many years, adventuring with courage and with flair.He's climbed the highest mountains in the world.He's sailed, like Sinbad, on the wildest seas.
Which excerpt from "Our Hero" best supports the conclusion that helping others makes someone a true hero?
Read the excerpt from "Lewis Hine Helps a Nation See the Light."One of Hine's photo essays received a lot of attention. It was a study of immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island. At that time, many Americans had strong anti-immigrant attitudes. However, Hine's photographs portrayed the new arrivals with such respect and dignity that they disproved many of the stereotypes of the day. It was this Ellis Island photo essay that drew the attention of the National Child Labor Committee.
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