Trail Into Darkness
What does it mean when Luke describes his mind as "racing" in paragraph 17?
a. He is thinking many thoughts very quickly.
b. He is imagining himself running very fast.
c. He is smarter than the average person.
d. He is trying not to think about his situation.
a. He is thinking many thoughts very quickly.
How do stanzas 3-4 contribute to the poem (Lines 10-19)?
a. It shows how most people don't know how to express themselves.
b. It tries to teach readers the right way to write poetry.
c. It reveals that poetry often appears perfect.
d. It stresses how you don't need to have a perfect way to express yourself.
d. It stresses how you don't need to have a perfect way to express yourself.
Which change can Andrew make to improve the clarity of sentence 2?
a. Change they to rats
b. Change cracks to it
c. Change they to fire fighters
d. No revision is needed in this sentence.
a. Change they to rats
The narrator feels relived when he -
a. Gets to see the Great Rock.
b. When he gets lost on the trails.
c. When he is talking to his cousins.
d. When he finds his family again.
d. When he finds his family again.
Read line 10.
Words don’t always have to be neat and polished like a statue
What kind of figurative language does the poet use?
a. personification
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. alliteration
b. simile
What is the BEST transition to add to the beginning of sentence 3?
a. In addition
b. In conclusion
c. As a result
d. However
d. However
How would the plot most likely change if the story didn't take place in a park with a lot of trails?
a. The problem of the narrator following animal tracks might not have happened.
b. The story would have been in 3rd person instead.
c. The characters would have been different.
d. The narrator would have seen the Giant Rock more quickly.
a. The problem of the narrator following animal tracks might not have happened.
What line from Poetry Makes Means the World to Me makes you think that author believed poetry is special?
a. Words don’t always have to be neat and polished like a statue
b. They should be used used used
c. the language they use
d. Poetry is what I use to say I love you
d. Poetry is what I use to say I love you
What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 6?
a. Someone called a charity that takes care of animals, they didn’t care that the animal was only a rat they came to help.
b. Someone called a charity. That takes care of animals they didn’t care that the animal was only a rat they came to help.
c. Someone called a charity that takes care of animals, and even though the animal was only a rat, they came to help.
d. Someone called a charity that takes care of animals then they didn’t care that the animal was only a rat then they came to help.
c. Someone called a charity that takes care of animals, and even though the animal was only a rat, they came to help.
Which sentence from the selection best shows that the narrator is speaking from 1st person point of view?
a. Dad said it was carried here by a glacier millions of years ago.
b. “Luke, do you think your dad invented the idea of Giant Rock just to get us away from the TV for a while?”
c. Let’s head back,” Dad said after a few minutes.
d. My cousins and I high-fived each other and jogged down the slope until we stood at the base, breathless.
d. My cousins and I high-fived each other and jogged down the slope until we stood at the base, breathless.
The poet personifies poetry by -
a. comparing it to music genres
b. saying it's like a statue
c. making a poem
d. saying it's poetry
a. comparing it to music genres
Andrew has included an extraneous sentence in the third paragraph (sentences 9-15). Which sentence should be deleted from this paragraph?
a. Sentence 10
b. Sentence 11
c. Sentence 12
d. Sentence 13
a. Sentence 10
What sentence in the selection is the climax?
a. And then, the best sight ever: the parking lot — and my family! I shouted as I ran toward them.
b. I started tearing through the woods in a panic, watching as the sun disappeared behind the trees.
c. My cousin Aiden smiled and turned to me.
d. Finally, we crested a hill and saw the massive boulder sitting alone in the forest.
b. I started tearing through the woods in a panic, watching as the sun disappeared behind the trees.
The author wrote Poetry Means the World To Me most likely to —
a. inform the reader about the importance of poetry
b. show the reader that poetry is just words on page
c. show the reader that poetry can help people express themselves
d. give the reader facts about poetry
c. show the reader that poetry can help people express themselves
. Andrew wants a better ending for his paper. Which sentence can be added after sentence 20 to bring this paper to a more effective close?
a. Finally, rats can get stuck in other kinds of holes.
b. And that is the end of the kids’ worries about the rat.
c. I am going to go look up more information on the Internet about rats right now.
d. Due to two kids and eight fire fighters, one lucky rat didn’t have to wait that long.
d. Due to two kids and eight fire fighters, one lucky rat didn’t have to wait that long.