Improving Vocabulary with Word Parts and Context Clues — Unit test Answers

Based on "The Origin of the Robin," which statement best illustrates the Ojibwa view on an individual's growth and change?

Which best describes the narration in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Huck’s father is speaking to him."Don't you give me none o' your lip," says he. "You've put on considerable many frills since I been away. . . You're educated, too, they say—can read and write. You think you're better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can't? . . . Who told you you might meddle with such hifalut'n foolishness, hey?—who told you you could?"Based on the excerpt, which is the most reasonable plot prediction?

Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Huck describes his father.He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled andgreasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like hewas behind vines. It was all black, no gray; so was his long, mixed-upwhiskers. There warn't no color in his face, where his face showed; itwas white; not like another man's white, but a white to make a body sick,a white to make a body's flesh crawl—a tree-toad white, a fish-bellywhite. As for his clothes—just rags, that was all. He had one ankleresting on t'other knee; the boot on that foot was busted, and two of histoes stuck through, and he worked them now and then. His hat was layingon the floor—an old black slouch with the top caved in, like a lid.Which best describes the effect of the narration?

Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Huck is discussing his father.I HAD shut the door to. Then I turned around and there he was. I used to be scared of him all the time, . . . I reckoned I was scared now, too; but in a minute I see I was mistaken—that is, after the first jolt, as you may say, when my breath sort of hitched, he being so unexpected; but right away after I see I warn't scared of him worth bothring about.Based on the excerpt, which is the most reasonable plot prediction?

Read the sentence.The look on the villain’s face seemed to be bursting with evil, and gave the moviegoers the chills.

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Based on its prefix, which is the correct definition of "impersonal”?

Read the introduction to Joel’s personal narrative, “The Jazz Band.”I [WOL] for the school jazz band my freshman year, my sophomore year, and my junior year. I didn’t make it until I was a senior. That’s four tryouts! I [WOL] four nerve-racking tryouts, but it was worth it.Fill in the blanks in order.

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?

Look at the brainstorming web. A brainstorming web can be an important tool in narrative writing because

What theme does the motif of hands represent throughout "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

Read the excerpt from “Votes for Women,” a speech by Mark Twain from 1901.As for this city's government, I don't want to say much, except that it is a shame – a shame; but if I should live twenty-five years longer – and there is no reason why I shouldn't – I think I'll see women handle the ballot.Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Twain’s words?

Read the excerpt from section 3 of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."Overhead, as he looked up through this rift in the wood, shone great garden stars looking unfamiliar and grouped in strange constellations. He was sure they were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance. How does the excerpt contribute to the theme of fate?

Read the introduction to Cole’s personal narrative, “Too Cool for School?”On my first day at Crestwood High School, I was [WOL] that no one would like me. I had just moved to town, and it seemed to me that my classmates had known each other for years. I hated being the new kid. I walked down the hall with my head down and my shoulders hunched. I sat by myself at lunch, despite several invitations.After about three weeks, things [WOL]. At lunch one day, a boy approached my table and sat down. He asked, “Why don’t you like us? Why don’t you want to hang out with us?” I couldn’t believe it! I had thought that they didn’t want to spend time with me.The boy’s name was Craig, and he insisted that I come sit with him and his friends. I haven’t sat alone since, and now when I [WOL] down the hall, I keep my head up and I smile.Fill in the blanks in order.

The best way to locate a suffix is to look for a word part that

Read the excerpt from “The Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Lincoln’s words?

Read the sentences.[1] Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was published in 1776. [2] The Revolutionary war began that same year. Which is the best way to combine sentences 1 and 2?

The Iroquois perform rituals to honor the twins in "The World on Turtle's Back," illustrating the Iroquoian belief that

Which best describes the narration of section 1 of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?