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Joey and Qwashawn nervously bit on their pencils during the ominous final exam. The fear was foreboding; the answers would not jump out at them, but instead curled at the tips of their brains, alluding them, while the administrator yelled, "5 MINUTES!" What evidence describes the speaker's feelings?
What are nervously, ominous, foreboding, alluding, etc.?
Which word means : To lessen; to reduce in severity a. ignore b. consequence c.triviality d.mitigate
What is mitigate?
The Underground Railroad was a secret organization that helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and stationmasters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and stationmasters
What is to inform?
Read this for inference: The baby was asleep upstairs in his bed. Suddenly, I heard a loud, "THUMP!" and he began crying hysterically.
What is that the baby fell off the bed?
Which of the following is a noun? Rayna's shirt is super sparkly.
What is a shirt?
Joey giggled. "No way!" His smile lit up the classroom, beaming at everyone around him. "I passed English class!" His hard work and determination to never give up paid off. He earned his grade. What group of words from the selection conveys the author's attitude toward his grade?
What is giggles, smile, lit up, beaming, hard work, determination, etc.?
Which word means: vulnerable a. belligerent b. cacophony c. conflagration d. defensless
What is d. defenseless?
Guitar Hero is the best of all of the Wii games. When you play Guitar Hero, you feel like a real rock star. This game is much more fun than any others. When you choose a Wii game, make sure that you choose Guitar Hero.
What is to persuade?
Read this for inference: In third grade, you cannot be promoted to fourth grade unless you pass the final exam. My classmate said she was going back to third grade again. I know she has average grades.
What is her friend failed the final exam?
Which of the following is a pronoun? Wade saw a big bear pooping in his backyard.
What is his?
The smell of wet, rotted wood, mixed with old hot dog water penetrated my nostrils. I tried to sit in his tiny car, but I could barely buckle the seat belt. Ariel tried to rev his raggity engine, but instead his exhaust fell off. How does the speaker's point of view affect his impression of Ariel's car?
What is the first person point of view that allows the speaker to see everything as negative and raggity, instead of seeing how hard Ariel worked on his car?
What word means: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity a.encroachment b. permeate c. caucus d. sultry
What is d. sultry
The Slim-O-Matic will help you lose pounds and inches from your body in only one month. This amazing machine helps you to exercise correctly. If you buy now, you will also receive an easy video showing you the proper exercise. Send $75.99 and begin exercising today.
How does the author achieve his purpose by using words like help, lose, amazing, easy, proper, and today to persuade the audience that this product will help them lose weight?
Read this for diction: “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on”
What is formal diction?
Which of the following sentence is a prepositional phrase? I was waiting in my classroom, hiding from Mr. Jordan.
What is "in my classroom?"
“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.” “If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a hoot if she’s late? Nobody.” “Stupid money. It always ends up making you blue as heck.” “Catholics are always trying to find out if you’re Catholic.” What does the tone of this passages tell us indirectly about the character?
What is he is sarcastic?
What word means: shower with love; show excessive affection for a. dote b. cajole c. belie
What is a. dote?
It was a beautiful morning in Austin, Texas. The sun was just rising in the sky. Juan couldn't wait to find his fishing pole and call his friend Sammy to go fishing. They had a great time on these early morning fishing trips. They took their dogs with them and the dogs would swim in the lake while they fished. It was so funny to watch those dogs paddle around the lake.
How does the author achieve his purpose by using an anecdote to help him entertain the audience?
Read this for diction: “Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch”
What is diction? Examples are : old, fool, thou (you), us, etc.
What is the direct object? Edward sat eating his sunflower seeds.
What are sunflower seeds?
“I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” How does the the speaker's tone change in the stanza?
What is it goes from feeling negative with the sigh, to positive with it making a difference?
What word means a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual a. lancet b. whittle c. diffidence d. idiosyncrasy
What is d. idiosyncracy?
Guitar Hero is the best of all of the Wii games. When you play Guitar Hero, you feel like a real rock star. This game is much more fun than any others. When you choose a Wii game, make sure that you choose Guitar Hero
How does the author use words like best, real, rock star, more fun, and Guitar Hero to persuade the audience that the game is the best?
Read this for tone: “And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn’t the best. We complained about it. So we’ve got thirty kids there, each kid had his or her own little tree to plant and we’ve got these thirty dead trees. All these kids looking at these little brown sticks, it was depressing.”
How does the author repeat the word died and dead to give is a somber, gloomy feel?
Determine the kind of sentence: By working with industry, governments can support the development and promotion of sustainable alternatives in order to phase out single-use plastics progressively.
What is a complex sentence?