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Look at this sentence:
The pasta at Betty's Diner is usually good, but sometimes the meat sauce is a little thin.
Select the definition of thin that the sentence uses.
thin \thin\ adjective thinner, thinnest 1. not thick or wide: I wonder what's inside that thin package. 2. not heavy or fat: All of the runners are thin and fit. 3. watery or runny: The turkey gravy was too thin.
3. watery or runny: The turkey gravy was too thin.
Which line from stanza 2 (line 5-8) is a simile?
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
What is hidden from the reader when the point of view is third person limited?
All but one character’s thoughts and feelings
Everybody's thoughts and feelings
No one’s thoughts and feelings
Just the main character's thoughts and feelings
All but one character’s thoughts and feelings
Which line from stanza 6 (line 21-24) is not personification?
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
19. What is the most effective way to revise sentence 2?
This could honestly go either way. There are so many good things and bad things that electronics can bring about.
This could honestly go either way, and there are so many good things and bad things.
There are so many good things; this could honestly go either way and an almost equal number of bad things.
This could honestly go either way. There are so many good things and bad things that electronics can bring about.
The science fiction convention drew hundreds of people to Georgetown this year.
Select the definition of draw that the sentence uses.
draw \draw\ verb drawing, drew, drawn 1. to make a picture with pen, pencil, or crayon: I like to draw pictures of horses. 2. to pull something up: We draw water from our well twice a day. 3. to bring in or attract (people): That diner draws a huge crowd every Friday.
3. to bring in or attract (people): That diner draws a huge crowd every Friday.
10. Which two of the following techniques are used in the poem?
End rhyme
Repetition
Internal rhyme
Onomotaopeia
hyperbole
End rhyme
Repetition
Part A: What statement expresses the main theme of the story?
Children should be willing to make sacrifices for their elders.
Mothers always know what is best for their children.
You can’t give up even if things are hard.
Let go of the things you love and they will come back.
You can’t give up even if things are hard.
What is the author’s tone in the poem?
Conversational
Confident
Indifferent
Furious
Confident
How should sentence 6 be changed?
Change There to Their
Change consider to considered
Insert a comma before but
No change is needed.
Change consider to considered
My poor sister has gotten fifteen mosquito bites in the past three days, and she itches all over.
Select the definition of poor that the sentence uses.
poor \poor, pohr\ adjective poorer, poorest 1. not having very much money: That company offers free meals to poor people. 2. bad; not done well: The cook did a poor job making that soup. 3. unlucky or unhappy: Poor Andy has a cold again this week.
3. unlucky or unhappy: Poor Andy has a cold again this week.
4. What does the simile in Stanza 4 (lines 13-16) suggest about her shoulders?
Her shoulders are high in the sky
Her shoulders are pulled back
Her shoulders are slouched
Her shoulders are rigid
Her shoulders are slouched
Part B: Which sentence from the story best supports the answer to part A?
“Mama signed and stared out across the plowed field to the sloping pasture land. “I’m feeling scared, David,” she said.” (paragraph 5)
“But, Papa, we planted more cotton this year. Won’t that pay the taxes.” (paragraph 14)
“There’s a lesson to be learned from that little tree. Cassie girl, ‘cause we like it. We keep doing what we gotta do, and we don’t give up. We can’t.” (paragraph 38)
“Mr. Avery cleared his throat nervously. “It’s -it’s the list I come ‘bout, David… I don’t want them things no more.” (paragraph 24)
“There’s a lesson to be learned from that little tree. Cassie girl, ‘cause we like it. We keep doing what we gotta do, and we don’t give up. We can’t.” (paragraph 38)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the meaning of the poem?
To have self-respect
To have no dreams
To avoid all the drama
To hate others
To have self-respect
How do you know?
What change should be made to line 3?
Add a comma after However
Delete the comma after experts
Change users to user’s
No change is needed.
Add a comma after However
Isaac, who plays in our school's marching band, is quite a good musician.
Select the definition of good that the sentence uses.
good \good\ adjective better, best 1. nice, pleasant, or enjoyable: We had a good time at the park. 2. kind and honest; not mean or rude: You're a good person for helping me out. 3. able to do something well: Austen is a good cook who makes delicious food.
3. able to do something well: Austen is a good cook who makes delicious food.
5. What does the personification in stanza 3 (lines 9-12) show?
She is hopeful
She is sad
She is jumping
She is mad
She is hopeful
How does the author’s use of phrases like “Well, look-a-here” and “These womanhood done gone and fixed us a feast” in paragraph 10 impact the or meaning of the passage?
It helps create a casual tone
It helps create a formal tone
It helps create a serious tone
It helps create a sympathetic tone
It helps create a casual tone
Part A: Which theme can the reader infer from the speaker's experience with other people in her life?
Family is everything
Don’t let others get you down
Shoot for the stars
Being kind is the right thing to do
Don’t let others get you down
22. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 7?
Delete the apostrophes
Change at to in
Change perspective to prespective
No change is needed.
Change at to in
Gabrielle's new hairstyle makes her look much younger than she is.
Select the definition of look that the sentence uses.
look \look\ verb looking, looked 1. to point your eyes at something to see it: Ling looked into the distance. 2. to appear a certain way: You look tired today. 3. to try to find something: Will you help me look for my missing cat? 4. (with after) to take care of someone: I help my mother look after my younger sister.
2. to appear a certain way: You look tired today.
What is the rhyme scheme of “Still I Rise”
Each stanza follows a different rhyme scheme
All stanzas follow an ABAB rhyme scheme
Stanza 2 and 3 follow an ABBA rhyme scheme
Stanza 3 follows an ABAC rhyme scheme
Each stanza follows a different rhyme scheme
The authors of “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” and “Still I Rise” treat Don’t give up as a theme in the texts. Select two pieces of evidence that the author’s wrote to reveal the theme within the text.
“Does my sassiness upset you” (line 5)
Papa sticks up for his friends (paragraph 33)
“We keep doing what we gotta, and we don’t give up.” (paragraph 38)
“You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.” (lines 23-24)
“I released the firefly imprisoned” (paragraph 12)
“We keep doing what we gotta, and we don’t give up.” (paragraph 38)
“You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.” (lines 23-24)
Part B: Which lines best support the answer to part A?
“Pumping in my living room”
“ Don’t you take it awful hard”
“ But still, like air, I rise”
“ Just like moons and like suns”
“ But still, like air, I rise”
23. What change should be made to line 2?
Change Self-help to Self help
Change our to your
Change temperitures to temperatures
No change is needed.
Change temperitures to temperatures