Read this excerpt from "Birdfoot's Grampa.”The rain was falling,a mist about his white hairand I kept sayingyou can’t save them all,accept it, get back inwe’ve got places to go.Which detail provides a clue that the man is the narrator’s grandfather?
Which question would be the most appropriate to ask in an interview with a famous chef?
Which is the best definition of a folktale?
Read the excerpt from "Aunty Misery.”One day, a traveler stopped at the old woman's hut and asked her for permission to spend the night under her roof. Aunty Misery saw that he had an honest face and bade the pilgrim come in. She fed him and made a bed for him in front of her hearth. In the morning the stranger told her that he would show his gratitude for her hospitality by granting her one wish.The allegory found in this excerpt expresses which symbolic message?
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Read this excerpt from "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.""But are you sure that there is anything to be gained by killing the people?” said Nag."Everything. When there were no people in the bungalow, did we have any mongoose in the garden? So long as the bungalow is empty, we are king and queen of the garden; and remember that as soon as our eggs in the melon-bed hatch (as they may to-morrow), our children will need room and quiet.”"I had not thought of that,” said Nag. "I will go, but there is no need that we should hunt for Rikki-tikki afterward. I will kill the big man and his wife, and the child if I can, and come away quietly.”How does the author use personification to characterize the snakes?
Erin is preparing a presentation about the need for bicycle helmets. Which use of multimedia would best help Erin connect to the emotions of her audience?
What new information could the reader learn if Gentleman of Río en Medio were told from Don Anselmo’s point of view?
Which is a text clue that helps readers understand the theme of valuing all life in "Birdfoot's Grampa”?
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Read the excerpt from Gentleman of Río en Medio.I sent a messenger up to the mountains for Don Anselmo. It took a week to arrange another meeting. When he arrived, he repeated his previous preliminary performance. He wore the same faded cutaway, carried the same stick and was accompanied by the boy again. He shook hands all around, sat down with the boy behind his chair, and talked about the weather.Don Anselmo continues to wear the same clothes after the sale of his land which shows that
Rubio has prepared a multimedia presentation about training for a swim meet. It is meant to encourage young children to join the swim team. How can Rubio best adjust his presentation for an audience of parents and teachers?
Read this excerpt from "Birdfoot's Grampa.”But, leathery hands fullof wet brown life,knee deep in the summerroadside grass,he just smiled and saidthey have places to go totoo.How does the line "he just smiled and said” provide a clue to the theme that age brings wisdom?
Read the excerpt from "Hansel and Gretel.”The children, too, had not been able to sleep for hunger, and had heard what their step-mother had said to their father. Gretel wept bitterly and spoke to Hansel: "Now it’s all up with us.” "No, no, Gretel,” said Hansel, "don’t fret yourself; I’ll be able to find a way of escape, no fear.” And when the old people had fallen asleep he got up, slipped on his little coat, opened the back door and stole out. The moon was shining clearly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like bits of silver. Hansel bent down and filled his pocket with as many of them as he could cram in. Then he went back and said to Gretel: "Be comforted, my dear little sister, and go to sleep: God will not desert us”; and he lay down in bed again.At daybreak, even before the sun was up, the woman came and woke the two children: "Get up, you lie-abeds, we’re all going to the forest to fetch wood.” She gave them each a bit of bread and spoke: "There’s something for your luncheon, but don’t you eat it up before, for it’s all you’ll get.” Gretel took the bread under her apron, as Hansel had the stones in his pocket. Then they all set out together on the way to the forest. After they had walked for a little, Hansel stood still and looked back at the house, and this maneuver he repeated again and again. His father observed him, and [said]: "Hansel, what are you gazing at there, and why do you always remain behind? Take care, and don’t lose your footing.” "Oh! father,” said Hansel, "I am looking back at my white kitten, which is sitting on the roof, waving me a farewell.” The woman exclaimed: "What a donkey you are! that isn’t your kitten, that’s the morning sun shining on the chimney.” But Hansel had not looked back at his kitten, but had always dropped one of the white pebbles out of his pocket on to the path.
Read the excerpt from "Hansel and Gretel”Once upon a time there dwelt on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children; the boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had always little enough to live on, and once, when there was a great famine in the land, he couldn’t even provide them with daily bread. One night, as he was tossing about in bed, full of cares and worry, he sighed and said to his wife: "What’s to become of us? How are we to support our poor children, now that we have nothing more for ourselves?” "I’ll tell you what, husband,” answered the woman; "early to-morrow morning we’ll take the children out into the thickest part of the wood; there we shall light a fire for them and give them each a piece of bread; then we’ll go on to our work and leave them alone. They won’t be able to find their way home, and we shall thus be rid of them.” "No, wife,” said her husband, "that I won’t do; how could I find it in my heart to leave my children alone in the wood? The wild beasts would soon come and tear them to pieces.” "Oh! you fool,” said she, "then we must all four die of hunger, and you may just as well go and plane the boards for our coffins”; and she left him no peace till he consented. "But I can’t help feeling sorry for the poor children,” added the husband.
Which theme is found in "The Snow King”?
Which excerpt from “The Snow-Queen” is an example of personification?
Read the excerpt from “The Snow-Queen.”“Now I must fly to warmer countries,” said the Snow-queen. “I must go and powder my black kettles!” (This was what she called Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius.) “It does the lemons and grapes good.”And off she flew, and Kay sat alone in the great hall trying to do his puzzle.He sat so still that you would have thought he was frozen.Then it happened that little Gerda stepped into the hall. The biting cold winds became quiet as if they had fallen asleep when she appeared in the great, empty, freezing hall.She caught sight of Kay; she recognised him, and ran and put her arms round his neck, crying, “Kay! dear little Kay! I have found you at last!”But he sat quite still and cold. Then Gerda wept hot tears which fell on his neck and thawed his heart and swept away the bit of the looking-glass. He looked at her and then he burst into tears. He cried so much that the glass splinter swam out of his eye; then he knew her, and cried out, “Gerda! dear little Gerda! Where have you been so long? and where have I been?”
What is a theme in "The Snow-Queen”?
Read the excerpt from "The Snow-Queen.”"But cannot you give little Gerda something so that she can have power over her?”"I can give her no greater power than she has already; don't you see how great it is? Don't you see how men and beasts must help her when she wanders into the wide world with her bare feet? She is powerful already, because she is a dear little innocent child. If she cannot by herself conquer the Snow-queen and take away the glass splinters from little Kay, we cannot help her! The Snow-queen's garden begins two miles from here. You can carry the little maiden so far; put her down by the large bush with red berries growing in the snow. Then you must come back here as fast as you can.”Then the Finland woman lifted little Gerda on the reindeer and away he sped.
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