For which purpose would illustrating be the most appropriate reading strategy to use?
Study the chart of word parts.Word PartDefinitioncontra-againstdictsay or speak-ionact or process
Read the example sentence and study the chart of suffixes.The lawyer did not believe the witness was telling the truth, so she conducted a thorough inquisition.SuffixDefinition-acystate or quality-ismpractice or belief-tionact or proceedings-shipposition held
Which strategy would be most appropriate for a reader who wants to retell important parts of the text without having to worry about using proper grammar?
Read the passage from a student’s response to an op-ed. It is long past time that this town install bike lanes on our main streets. Our downtown area is congested and chaotic. Bike lanes help calm traffic by slowing cars, reducing the number of drivers on the streets, and confining cyclists to dedicated lanes. Dedicated bike lanes also free up sidewalk space for pedestrians. And of course, studies show that lanes protected by physical barriers decrease the frequency of accidents between cyclists and motor vehicles.
What is a benefit of providing commentary on outside sources in a piece of writing?
Read the passage. Recently a friend said she had seen Rosa at a local park, but Rosa had never been to that park. That was odd! Later, Rosa was reading an article in a newspaper and noticed a picture of a person who looked just like her. She thought she had to be mistaken and looked again. It was then Rosa knew she had a doppelgänger in town.
Read the example sentence and study the chart of prefixes.The tourists discarded the brochure because its out-of-date information was irrelevant.PrefixDefinitionanti-againstante-beforetrans-acrossirr-not
Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter.The door of the jail being flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and grisly presence of the town-beadle, with a sword by his side and his staff of office in his hand.Which best describes the purpose of the words “black shadow,” “grim,” “grisly,” and “sword”?
Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-peru, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison.Which best describes the effect of the words “ugly,” “overgrown,” “pig-weed,” and “unsightly vegetation”?
Read the excerpt from “The Tell-Tale Heart,” by Edgar Allan Poe.I talked more quickly—more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men?—but the noise steadily increased.What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs when Hester arrives at the marketplace?
Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter using comprehension strategies.“Goodwives,” said a hard-featured dame of fifty, “I’ll tell ye a piece of my mind. It would be greatly for the public behoof, if we women, being of mature age and church-members in good repute, should have the handling of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne. What think ye, gossips? If the hussy stood up for judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded?”What is the meaning of this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter.Finding it so directly on the threshold of our narrative, which is now about to issue from that inauspicious portal, we could hardly do otherwise than pluck one of its flowers and present it to the reader.What is the meaning of the word “inauspicious”?
Read the passage. The issue had become too complicated to handle internally. No one on staff understood the disagreement between the disputing parties. As a solution, the committee called in an attaché to help with peace negotiations.
Which best explains why Irving sets "The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger" in a land of “masks and gondolas”?
Read the excerpt from Irving’s "The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger."Often, after we had returned from one of these scenes of revelry, I have entered his room, and found him lying on his face on the sofa: his hands clinched in his fine hair, and his whole countenance bearing traces of the convulsions of his mind.Which of the following statements best describes the effect of narration on the story?
Read the excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger," by Washington Irving.When he found I really took an interest in him he threw himself entirely upon my friendship. He clung to me like a drowning man. He would walk with me for hours up and down the place of St. Mark—or he would sit until night was far advanced in my apartment.What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
Read this excerpt from "The Mysterious Stranger" using comprehension strategies.The romantic character of the place delighted me; I was very much amused by the air of adventure and intrigue that prevailed in this region of masks and gondolas; and I was exceedingly smitten by a pair of languishing black eyes, that played upon my heart from under an Italian mantle. So I persuaded myself that I was lingering at Venice to study men and manners. At least I persuaded my friends so, and that answered all my purpose.What statement best describes the narrator in this excerpt?
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