Sem 2 Mod 1 What's Important

From "President Cleveland, Where Are You?"

Armand asks Jerry for money for their father's birthday present.

Which best explains how this scene develops the plot of the story?

• It shows that it is their father's birthday tomorrow.

• It shows how important trading cowboy cards is to Jerry and his friends.

• It shows how torn Jerry is between buying cowboy cards and helping pay for his father's gift

• It shows that Jerry's sisters are selfish.

Which best identifies a theme in "President Cleveland, Where Are You?"

• Being a good brother is difficult.

• There are a lot of presidents

• Collections can be difficult to maintain.

• There are many painful realizations along the road to maturity.

Read the stanza.

Which BEST identifies the form of poetry represented by the stanza?

• free verse

• iambic pentameter

• sonnet

• quatrain

What is the BEST definition of denotation?

• the meaning of a word in a different language

• the dictionary meaning of a word

• the additional meaning that comes from the feelings one gets from a word

• the meaning of irony

Which word carries the MOST negative connotation?

• slippery

• slimy

• slick

• smooth

Review the allusion:

He was a Hercules of a man, swinging a refrigerator onto his broad back and bearing it single-handedly into the house.

Which BEST identifies the meaning of this allusion?

• This man is thick and jolly.

• This man is a crabby person.

• This man is big and strong.

• This man is reckless and foolish.

The instructor gave Dylan and ___________ some good pointers.

Which chooses the correct pronoun and identifies its function in the sentence?

• me; indirect object

• me; direct object

• I; direct object

• I; indirect object

Read the sentence:

Our visitors missed ___________ stop and arrived late.

Which chooses the correct pronoun to complete this sentence?

• they're

• their

• there

• there're

Which BEST identifies a clue that Squeaky is not interested in visiting with the other kids before the race in "Raymond's Run"?

• She lies on the grass by herself.

• She yells at the other kids.

• She tells the other kids to go away.

• She ignores them when they talk to her.

The jellyfish propelled its body by filling it with seawater and then pumping it back out.

Which word BEST identifies the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?

• seawater

• jellyfish

• body

• pumping