The Ballad of John Henry
"But John Henry said, 'Captain, just you stand aside- It's nothing but my hammer catching wind, Lord, Lord, It's nothing but my hammer catching wind."
Why does the speaker us the metaphor of John Henry's hammer "catching wind"?
What is to suggest the pace of John Henry's hammering?
5 bonus points- explain why this is the correct answer.
Based on the sentence below, what does anticipated mean?
"However, it was observed to be in a different location than the anticipated one."
What is expected.
What does objective summary mean?
What is a summary that does not include any opinions or judgments about what is written in the text.
What is the meaning of the word purpose?
What is the reason for which something is done.
What is an important theme of the selection?
What is the human spirit is stronger than any machine?
Bonus 5 points: explain your answer.
What is the author's purpose in writing the selection?
What is to describe how scientific thinking led to an important discovery.
True or False:
When reading the answers to a question on the EOG, you can stop reading the answers once you find the correct one.
What is False
What do typically do if you don't know the meaning of a word?
What is use context clues.
Which stanza best illustrates the idea that beating the steel drill has always been John Henry's destiny?
What is stanza 1?
Bonus 5 points: explain your answer.
How does the author support the claim that logic and reasoning are among the most important skills in science?
What is by explaining how astronomers detected something that was not visible.
What is a distractor answer on the EOG?
What is an incorrect answer that looks attractive because it is partially correct.
Define simile.
What is The comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
"John Henry said to his shaker,
'Shaker boy, you better start to pray,
'Cause if my twelve-pound hammer miss that little piece of steel,
Tomorrow'll be your burying day, Lord, Lord
Tomorrow'll be your burying day.;"
Based on the stanza, what does the word shaker mean?
What is a person whose job is to hold a tool.
Bonus 5 points: explain your answer.
Which statement provides an objective summary of the selection?
What is Astronomers discovered a planet by making careful observations and applying mathematical thinking.
What is textual evidence?
What is author's purpose?
What is the author's reason or intent for writing, usually to inform, persuade or entertain.
What does the phrase "mighty high and fine" imply in the lines below?
"The man invented the steam drill,
He figured he was might high and fine,
But John Henry sunk the steel down fourteen feet"
What is The inventor of the steam drill thinks his own skills are superior.
Read this sentence from paragraph 3:
"They searched for other possibilities as to why Uranus was not acting as they expected."
What is It highlights the role that observing nearby objects played in the discovery of Neptune.
What is a claim?
What is an argument that states the author's position about a topic and tries to get readers to agree.
What is central idea?
What is the central idea is a brief statement of what the author wants you to know, think, or feel after reading the text.