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QuizMultiple Choice

Word Choice and Structure in "The Turtle"

Question 9 • SS-English Language Arts 7

Which excerpt from "The Turtle” includes words that create a calm and welcoming mood?

Answer
A
skin of the water, dragging her shellwith its mossy scutesacross the shallows and through the rushes
B
to dig with her ungainly feeta nest, and hunker there spewingher white eggs down
C
of her patience, her fortitude,her determination to completewhat she was born to do –
D
It isn’t even hers but came to herin the rain or the soft wind,which is a gate through which her life keeps walking.
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