Read the first line of a character analysis for White Fang.White Fang is distrustful of anyone new to his world, whether man or animal.Which direct quote from the text would best support this statement?
Read this excerpt from White Fang.When the canoe touched the shore, White Fang lay whimpering and motionless, waiting the will of Grey Beaver. It was Grey Beaver's will that he should go ashore.White Fang’s submission to Grey Beaver supports the theme that White Fang is
Which information would be most useful when writing a character analysis?
Read this excerpt from White Fang.In the same way he resented his mother being tied with a stick, even though it was done by the superior man-animals. It savoured of the trap, of bondage. Yet of the trap and of bondage he knew nothing. Freedom to roam and run and lie down at will, had been his heritage; and here it was being infringed upon. His mother's movements were restricted to the length of a stick, and by the length of that same stick was he restricted, for he had not yet got beyond the need of his mother's side.What change in White Fang is presented in the excerpt?
Which sentence shows the best placement for the modifier “that was on sale”?
Read this excerpt from White Fang.For a moment [White Fang] was paralysed. The unknown, lurking in the midst of the sticks and moss, was savagely clutching him by the nose. He scrambled backward, bursting out in an astonished explosion of ki-yi's. At the sound, Kiche leaped snarling to the end of her stick, and there raged terribly because she could not come to his aid. But Grey Beaver laughed loudly, and slapped his thighs, and told the happening to all the rest of the camp, till everybody was laughing uproariously. But White Fang sat on his haunches and ki-yi'd and ki-yi'd, a forlorn and pitiable little figure in the midst of the man-animals.What is revealed about White Fang through his interaction with the fire?
A theme is a message to the reader from the
Read the theme statement Cassie created based on her reading of White Fang.White Fang is part dog and part wolf.Has Cassie created her theme statement correctly?
How does the setting in White Fang help create conflict in the story?
A student wrote the following sentence.Shareese’s grandmother came to her graduation from Texas.How does the misplaced modifier cause confusion in the student’s sentence?
Read the sentence.The endangered Borneo pygmy elephant lives contentedly in Malaysia.Which word in the sentence is an example of an adverb?
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”The sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head. He would kill it and bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness went out of them. Then he could build another fire. He spoke to the dog, calling it to him; but in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal, and it would not come.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”The thought of it drove him on again, but he ran no more than a hundred feet before staggering and pitching headlong. It was his last panic. It occurred to him that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off. He was bound to freeze anyway, and he might as well take it decently and meet death with dignity. With this new-found peace of mind came the first glimmerings of drowsiness. A good idea, he thought, to sleep off to death. Freezing was not so bad as people thought. There were lots worse ways to die.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”As he sat and regained his breath, he noted that he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He was not shivering, and it even seemed that a warm glow had come to his chest and trunk. Then the thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending, and he made another wild run along the trail. And all the time the dog ran with him, at his heels.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”When he fell down a second time, the dog curled its tail over its forefeet and sat in front of him, facing him, curiously eager and intent. The warmth and security of the animal angered him, and he cursed it till it flattened down its ears appeasingly. This time the shivering came more quickly upon the man. He was losing in his battle with the frost.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”After a time a stinging sensation returned, and the man stripped the mitten from his right hand, fetched forth the birch-bark, and brought out his bunch of sulphur matches. But his hand had already gone numb again, and in his effort to separate one match from the others, the whole bunch fell in the snow.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”This would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear. At seventy-five below zero, a man can run along the trail for half a mile and restore his circulation if his feet are dry; but the circulation of wet and freezing feet cannot be restored by running when the temperature is that low.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”At a place where there were no signs, where the soft, unbroken snow seemed to advertise solidity beneath, the man broke through. He wet himself halfway to the knees before he floundered out to the firm crust.
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”Now, high up in the tree, a bough capsized its load of snow; this fell on the boughs beneath, growing like an avalanche, until it descended without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was blotted out!
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire.”He was angry, and cursed his luck aloud. This would delay him an hour, for he would have to build a fire and dry out his foot-gear.
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