"Acoustic Sculpture"
What is most likely the reason the author includes the photographs before paragraph 5 in the article "Acoustic Sculpture?"
What is to help the reader visualize the sculpture described.
In the poem "Leaping Falls," the speaker is most likely who?
A. a boy exploring a new environment?
B. an adult returning to a place he visited in his youth.
C. a pioneer discovering an unknown land.
D. a hunter pursuing an animal though the wilderness.
What is "an adult returning to a place that he visited in his youth?"
What is true.
What words in paragraph 4 of "Acoustic Sculpture," help readers understand the meaning of the word acoustic.
Which sentence from paragraph 1 describes how the Wave Organ is constructed:
A. It was cobbled together in the late twentieth century with recycled marble and granite from old discarded monuments, secondhand curbstones, PVC pipes and rocks.
B. Out on the end of a jetty in San Francisco Bay, there is a strange and beautiful stone structure called the Wave Organ.
C. Yet this carefully concealed marvel has the look and feel of an ancient ruin.
What is A. It was cobbled together in the late twentieth century with recycled marble and granite from old discarded monuments, secondhand curbstones, PVC pipes and rocks?
Which definition matches the meaning of amplifying in paragraph 18 of the article "Acoustic Sculpture?"
What is definition 2?
What is "to increase in amount, importance, or intensity."
A. Eccentric, into outer space (line 2)
B. the forgotten journey of a child (line 4)C. up the deer-trail (line 6)
D. Without motion or sound (line 14)
What is "the forgotten journey of a child?"
When reading an informational text, writers are primarily writing to:
A. inform.
B. persuade.
C. entertain.
What is "A. to inform."
What words from paragraph 6 help readers understand the meaning of the word "percussive"?
What is "rhythms," or "hand tapping an African drum"?
Which quotation from paragraphs 5 and 6 shows that Richards was inspired to create the Wave Organ by composter Bill Fontana?
A. Fontana recorded "Kirribilli Wharf" in Austrailia in 1976.
B. This creates "changing percussive rhythms" that sound a bit like a hand tapping an African drum.
C. Fontana has since singled out "Kirribilli Wharf" as a turning point in his work.
D. The soothing pulse and the gentle was of waves he heard on Fontana's recording showed him how he could incorporate sound from the natural environment into his own work.
What is D. The soothing pulse and the gentle was of waves he heard on Fontana's recording showed him how he could incorporate sound from the natural environment into his own work?
How is the article "Acoustic Sculpture" organized to develop the thesis?
What is "the development and history of the Wave Organ and 'Kirribilli Wharf" are compared in order to distinguish them and illustrate the influence one had on the other.
What does the break between stanza 4 (lines 19-24) and stanza 5 (lines 25-30) of the poem "Leaping Falls" convey to the reader?
A. a sense of suspense as the reader anticipates the effect of the spoken word.
B. A sense of doubt as the reader considers whether the waterfall could be affect by the spoken word.
C. A feeling of uncertainty that the speaker is telling a true story.
D. a feeling of sympathy for the strong emotions the speaker reveals.
What is "A. a sense of suspense as the reader anticipates the effect of the spoken word."
Headings, subheadings, images/graphics, and evidence are all features of what type of text?
What is an informational text?
What is the closest meaning to the word "alter" as used in paragraph 13?
1. a secondary or alternative characteristic
2. to make significant changes to
3. to tailor clothing for a better fit.
What is "definition 2. to make significant changes to"?
Which line from the poem "Leaping Falls" best supports the idea that sounds from the natural world can take on a musical quality?
A. The forgotten journey of a child (line 4).
B. A heap of broken icicles (line 17).
C. Like an outbreak of bells (line 31).
D. A twigfire of icicles burned pale blue (36).
What is C. Like an outbreak of bells (line 31)?
Which detail from paragraph 13 of the article "Acoustic Sculpture" best supports the key idea that the Wave Organ is a work of art?
What is "The Wave Organ was deliberately designed to create an interesting effect."
The poet's use of imagery in lines 35 and 36 contributes to the poem of "Leaping Falls" by creating a tone of what?
A. wonder and awe
B. hopelessness and despair
C. courage and determination
D. anger and resentment
What is "A. wonder and awe?"
Line numbers and stanza are features of what genre of text?
What is poetry?
What is a "heap," as used in line 17 of the poem "Leaping Falls"?
What is "a pile" or "a mound," or "a lot"?
Which line from the poem "Leaping Falls" best shows that the speaker is in a very cold setting?
A. Now the falls lay draped without motion or sound (lines 13 and 14).
B. But clouds at my nostrils moved (lines 21 and 22).
C. Then I uttered a word, Simply a bleak word... (line 23).
D. Like an outbreak of bells that rings and ceases (lines 31 and 32).
What is B. But clouds at my nostrils moved (lines 21 and 22).
What is most likely the reason the author of the article "Acoustic Sculpture" uses a comparison organizational structure in the section "'Sound Sculpture' vs. 'Acoustic Sculpture''?
What is "to illuminate the differences between Fontana's work and Richard's work."
Which statement would the speaker of the poem "Leaping Falls" most NOT likely agree with?
A. Artistic experiences can be found in natural environments.
B. Encountering wonders in nature is a private and individual experience.
C. It takes hard work and dedication to complete an artistic project.
D. It is the responsibility of an individual to share insight about the natural world.
C. It takes hard work and dedication to complete an artistic project.
Plot, characters, foreshadowing, conflict, and dialogue are all features of what genre of text?
What is the meaning of the word "ceases" as used in line 32 of the poem "Leaping Falls."
Which quote from the poem "Leaping Falls" best shows the effect of the speaker's spoken words when viewing the frozen falls?
A. Then I uttered a word (line 22).
B. A topmost icicle came loose and fell, and struck another... (line 25 and 26).
C. The silence turned around and became silence again (line 32-33).
D. Under the falls on the snow a twigfire of icicles burned pale blue.
What is
B. A topmost icicle came loose and fell, and struck another... (line 25 and 26)?