Vocabulary 4.3
In the story "What was the Question?" Sherry dropped a plain drop of water in a third petri dish and closed it.
What is pure and free of extra matter?
In the story, "What Was the Question". By the end of the story, Josh and Sherry have gone from feeling-
What is "hopeless to feeling encouraged"?
In the article "Austin Secret Salamander" people rarely see the salamander, most likely because-
What is the salamander usually remains underwater.
In the poem "Out Where the West Begins" the poet expresses the message that-
What is the West is not a place but also a way of life.
The key idea about the people of the West is important in BOTH the article and poem because it expresses that-
What is the beauty of the West matters to the people who live there?
In the story "What was the Question?" Josh reminded Sherry that: "In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last."
What is "go first"?
In the story "What Was the Question", Josh's actions in paragraph 17 are important to the plot of the story because...
How Josh's actions show that he believes in Sherry's new plan?
In the story "What Was the Question" Sherry is surprised that the science experiment failed.
What is "our idea had been great"?
In the poem "Out Where the West Begins" the poet most likely used a descriptive structure to express-
What is to highlight what makes the West special?
The poet's point of view in the poem is different from the author's point of view in the article because-
What is only the poet likes the way people treat each other and thinks everything is better in the West?
In the article "Pictures of a Disappearing Past" Edwin chose a camera as his medium instead of a paintbrush.
What is "a format to express art?"
The sections in the article "Pictures of a Disappearing Past" are included to-
What is give key information about the two artists?
The Austin Blind Salamander only lives in the Edwards Aquifer in Texas. It has special features that help it live there.
What is the best summary of the section titled "Texas's Special Salamander"?
Read lines 12 and 13 from the poem "Out Where the West Begins."
"Where there's laughter in every streamlet flowing, Where there's more of reaping and less of sowing"
The most likely reason the poet used imagery in the poem was to express-
What is to suggest that the West makes people happy?
Paired passages are passages that are-
What is they are connected in some way?
For an extra $300 tell us at least 3 ways they can be connected:
SYNONYM: It also provides water for agriculture.
What is gives?
In the article " Austin Secret Salamander" the information in paragraphs 4 and 5 are organized in-
What is a description pattern?
The most likely reason that Sherry shares a quotation with Josh is because-
What is Sherry wants to let Josh know that she followed his advise.
In the story "What Was the Question" the point of view of the story is told from-
What is the first person from Sherry's point of view?
The main purpose for paired passages are to-
What is to compare and contrast two similar articles?
In the story "Do What You Can", the farmer "saw the corn wither and droop, for no rain fell and he began to fear that he was to have no crop.
What is "become dry"?
According to the article "Austin's Secret Salamander", Salamanders play an important role in their environment. They are key to keeping the balance of animals the same, which means that the water stays healthy.
What is the central idea and supporting detail?
In the story "What Was the Question?" Sherry stated: "Our idea had been great."
Why is Sherry surprised that the science experiment failed?
In the article "Austin's Secret Salamander" the author most likely used a simile to compare the aquifer to a honeycomb in paragraph 7 to-
What is to describe how aquifers look?
The conclusion about the people of the West is supported by both the article and poem because-
What is they valued the natural landscape of the area?