Kendrick and his classmates are having a formal discussion about strategies to encourage voting. Which statement best suggests that Kendrick has come to the discussion prepared to share his opinions about how to inspire more people to vote?
During a formal discussion, what is an effective way to demonstrate understanding of another participant’s viewpoint?
Which is a strategy for keeping a discussion respectful when participants disagree?
Read the scenario about a formal discussion.When he presents his point of view in a group discussion, Will is knowledgeable, acknowledges other viewpoints, and answers questions fully. However, he uses many slang terms and idioms when he speaks.
Read the excerpt from "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs." My father was chief before me. When a young man, he was called Joseph by Mr. Spaulding, a missionary. He died a few years ago. He left a good name on earth. He advised me well for my people.Based on the idea that Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt (Chief Joseph) highly values what his father has taught him, how does he most likely feel about his tribe’s cultural traditions?
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 comment by Huck from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.I smelt sickly eggs by the barrel, and rotten cabbages, and such things; and if I know the signs of a dead cat being around, and I bet I do, there was sixty-four of them went in.What insight does this comment reveal about the character of Huck?
Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."It's so. You can do it. I had my doubts when you told me. Now looky here; you stop that putting on frills. I won't have it. I'll lay for you, my smarty; and if I catch you about that school I'll tan you good. First you know you'll get religion, too. I never see such a son."What do these words by Huck’s father reveal about his character?
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.“Well, I'll learn her how to meddle. And looky here—you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is.” What is Twain’s most likely intention for employing humor within this quotation?
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?
Which statement most accurately describes the satire that exists within chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Which of the following quotations by Huck’s father in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an example of irony?
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?
Which excerpt from the 1879 Speech by Chief Joseph is the best example of pathos?
Which best describes the historical context of the 1879 Speech by Chief Joseph?
What is historically significant about this 1879 speech by Chief Joseph?
What central idea about the government of the United States is expressed in the 1879 Speech by Chief Joseph?
Which sentence from the passage supports the claim in the 1879 speech by Chief Joseph that actions speak louder than words?
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