Which is the best slogan for a public service announcement?
Read the paragraph.When Alissa finally reeled in the catfish, we were speechless. It looked big enough to eat Alissa’s dog. The fish was __________.
Read the paragraph.Alvin wanted to be an astronaut when he grew up. He liked the idea of driving a land rover across the silent expanses of the moon. He often imagined himself floating outside a spaceship as the green Earth rotated thousands of miles below. And without a doubt, he knew he’d look great in a spacesuit.
Read the paragraph.Evelyn traveled up the road. She could win, but the climb up Heartbreak Hill wouldn’t be easy. The sound of the rasping breathing of her competitors trailed close behind her. She shifted gears and began going toward the finish line.
What is the effect when the author of Exploring the Titanic describes the night the Titanic sank?
Read the sentence.Esther wrote and memorized a poem for the school talent show, but when she stepped in front of the audience, she forgot the words.
Which pronoun signals a first-person narration?
Read this excerpt from Fever 1793.Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flies buzzing above the bowl. "Pick me some fresh asparagus grass. These pests are a plague."What word does the author use to indicate how Eliza is feeling?
Which sentence from Exploring the Titanic best indicates the author’s enthusiastic tone at the end of the passage?
Trent is creating a video PSA about the benefits of solar panels. Which part of the PSA should Trent place at the end?
Mateo is making a public service advertisement video about the importance of ending bullying at his school. What should be included at the beginning of his PSA video?
Read these excerpts from Angel Agnes andThe Summer of the Pestilence.Fiction: Angel AgnesFor awhile Agnes seemed to be wandering, or perhaps she was dreaming; for her eyes were closed as though in slumber, and a smile like she used to smile, flitted over her pale face, as she stretched out her arms to embrace some one.Nonfiction: The Summer of the Pestilence I found that Edmund had come home sick a little while before, with all the symptoms of yellow fever—violent pains in the head and back, a yellow infusion in the eyes, a dark coating down the middle of the tongue, while the edges of the tongue appeared almost raw, and a very rapid pulse.What statement best describes how death is shown in these excerpts?
Which word best describes the tone of this PSA?
Clear examples of pollution’s negative consequences would best serve the purpose of
Read this excerpt from Exploring the Titanic.It was now almost two in the morning, very close to the exact hour of the Titanic’s sinking. Someone pointed to the clock on the wall. All of a sudden the room became silent.The author mentions the exact time of the discovery to
Read the passage from The American Plague.Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice. This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses. No one knew where these documents were; and no one was willing to risk his or her life wandering, through the infected city in search of them.What conclusion does the cause-and-reflect relationship in this passage support?
Read the passage from The American Plague.Alexander Hamilton felt the president could indeed move Congress. After all, Hamilton reasoned, the government would not automatically cease functioning if an enemy army captured the capital. Why wouldn't the same principle apply in the case of a devastating natural disaster, such as a plague?But Thomas Jefferson and James Madison disagreed and could not be budged from their position. During the formation of the federal government, they argued, individual states had been extremely wary about giving away too much of their governing power to any future president.Why is this passage best defined as a cause?
Which word best summarizes the tone of “Annabel Lee”?
What was Edgar Allan Poe’s main purpose in writing "Annabel Lee”?
Read the passage from “Part of the Stew.”Luckily, Major General Andrew Jackson arrived before the whole town boiled over. We knew right away that he was serious about maintaining order, because he put us all under martial law. Anyone on the streets past 9:00 p.m. could be arrested. In addition, all men able to bear arms were put into service. As a fourteen-year-old, I was too young to serve, but my Pa suddenly became an army man. On the eighth of the month, Jackson held a grand review of the new troops, and the whole town turned out to see them. I was mighty proud when my Pa fell into line with Antonio the grocer, Hans from the shipyard, and Miguel our neighbor.
Read the passage from “Part of the Stew.”New Orleans was very different from the Northern cities we knew so well. Here, people of different nationalities didn’t live, work, and shop within their own little settlements separate from the others. Instead, the city was a wonderful mix that I jokingly called a stew, my friend Jean Paul called a bouillabaisse, and my neighbor Miguel dubbed a gazpacho. When my family first arrived, I would make up any excuse to go to the shops around the town square just so I could enjoy the colorful sights and sounds of the people. Some were fresh from Canada, Germany, or the Caribbean. Others hailed from France, Spain, or Africa. There were also quite a few native people. It truly was an exciting place.
Read the passage from “Part of the Stew.”On the morning of January 8, 1815, the Redcoats made their attack. Mama and I woke up to the sound of it. It was like thunder that rolled on and on, and we held hands as we thought of Pa and our friends. Then, suddenly, everything was silent. It felt like forever as we waited for news. Finally, word came around that the British had raised the white flag of surrender.
Which excerpt from “Part of the Stew” connects the fictional text to a factual historical event?
Read the passage from “Part of the Stew.”I was mighty proud of our work. . . . I held on to a great hope that it would keep my father and my city safe.
Read the passage from “Edgar Allan Poe.”“In speaking of my mother you have touched a string to which my heart fully responds. To have known her is to be an object of great interest in my eyes. I myself never knew her—and never knew the affection of a father. Both died (as you may remember) within a few weeks of each other. I have many occasional dealings with Adversity—but the want of parental affection has been the heaviest of my trials.”
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