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Paragraph 12 is mainly about...
What is Jack remembering last semester
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Paragraphs 17 and 18 are important to the passage because the reader discovers...
What is Jack decides to set a goal to make better grades
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The author's main purpose for writing this passage is to ...
What is to share with the reader an experience about learning from failure
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Which statements indicate the passage is realistic fiction? 1. The setting is current. 2. The story is about the history of a person's life. 3. The characters are involved in events that could happen. 4. Dialogue is not present in the passage. 5. The story centers around a person who is investigating a wrongdoing.
What is 1. The setting is current. and 3. The characters are involved in events that could happen.
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Read the sentence from paragraph 11. He never turned his head toward Jack, but Jack felt his grandfather's words hit him like a ton of bricks. The author used this sentence to show how Jack... 1. got upset because he disappointed many people. 2. was so shocked and did not know how to react 3. did not understand his grandfather 4. was begging for mercy from his grandfather
What is 1. got upset because he disappointed many people. 2. was so shocked and did not know how to react
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Read these sentences from paragraph 1 He miscalculated the trajectory of the ball and struck out. Jack could not believe the batter didn't see the curve of the ball. What is the meaning of the word miscalculated?
What is to judge incorrectly
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The passage is mainly about...
What is Jack no longer being part of the baseball team due to poor grades, but with his grandfather's advice and support he hs a new outlook on his life
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The main conflict conveyed in the passage is
What is man vs. self
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Read the sentence from Paragraph 16.. When Jack's name was called, instead of proudly and confidently presenting a well-written report with props and realistic photographs relating to the novel, Jack raised his head off the desk and then answered his teacher with a lackadaisical, "Didn't of it." The details in the sentence reveal Jack is.....
What is unambitious about following through with responibilities.
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In paragraphs 1-5, the author establishes a tone of.... 1. eagerness 2. tenseness 3. happiness 4. disappointment 5. bewilderment
What is 2. tenseness 4. disappointment
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Based on the passage, the reader can infer..
What is Jack is upset with himself
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Readers may find this passage inspiring because...
What is a boy discovers his past does not define him
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Cause and Effect Based on paragraphs 10-12, complete the cause and effect. CAUSE: Jack discovers his grandfather knows about his grades.
What is the EFFECT is Jack wants to flee the stands
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Cause and Effect Complete the cause and effect. CAUSE: A batter displayed poor sportsmanship and threw a bat at the opposing team's dugout.
What is the EFFECT is Jack's grandfather slowly shook his head.
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Why does the author use the phrase "frustration and disappointment" in paragraph 13 when describing Jack's mother's eyes? 1. to demonstrate Jack's grades affect others 2. to show the reader Jack's mother is nervous 3. to illustrate Jack's mother is upset 4. to demonstate Jack's mother is bewildered 5. to imply Jack's mother is temperamental
What is 1. to demonstrate Jack's grades affect others 3. to illustrate Jack's mother is upset 4. to demonstate Jack's mother is bewildered
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Based on the passage, which detail would be least important to include in a summary? a. His parents had lectured Jack many times about always trying his best b. Jack wondered if his grandfather had ever done something he regretted. c. Jack was embarrassed he was kicked off the baseball team and wants to make his grandfather proud. d. During the baseball game, there was a batter on first and third base.
What is During the baseball game, there was a batter on first and third base.
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which paragraph is mainly about Jack dreading another conversation aobut being kicked off the baseball team?
What is Paragraph 4
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Complete the statement. The author of the passage is primarly concerned with...
What is Jack turning over a new leaf by listening to his grandfather's advice
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Read the sentence for paragraph 3 Jack's grandfather slowly shook his head and said, "You know Jack I hope the day you step back onto the baseball field your behavior is the exact opposite of that young man's." What word describe Jack's grandfather's feeling toward the batter?
What is disapproving
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Which words or phrases are clues for the organizational pattern of paragraph 1 of the passage? 1. second and third pitches 2. up 3. struck out 4. with 5. fourth pitch 6. stepped back 7. down 8. first pitch
What is 1. second and third pitches 5. fourth pitch 8. first pitch
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Based on the passage, what encourages Jack to try harder next semester?
What is talking to his grandfather
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In paragraph 1, which word means "the path of an object in its flight"?
What is trajectory
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Which word in paragraph 11 demonstrates that the grandfather was non-threatening in the advice he extended to Jack?
What is offered
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Based on the passage, what could Jack have done to prevent making poor grades? 1. attend school more regularly 2. not focus so much on baseball 3. use class time wisely 4. listen better to boring lectures 5. practice better time management
What is 2. not focus so much on baseball 3. use class time wisely 5. practice better time management
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Match the following Figurative language A. A lump in Jack's throat had formed.. B. ...flashed like lightning... C. His mind was a starless, black sky now. 1. idiom 2. simile 3. metaphor
What is A. A lump in Jack's throat had formed.. 1. idiom B. ...flashed like lightning... 2. simile C. His mind was a starless, black sky now. 3. metaphor