Chalk Talk POEIntervention Group Activity SAT | Reading : Pr

Which of the following sentences serves as the best summary of the author’s description in lines 1-23?

• Though the scale with which I judged it had changed, the house really hadn't.

• Seeing the house I grew up in reminded me of all the negative experiences of my childhood.

• My deep love of nature was fostered by the beautiful surroundings of my childhood home.

• My childhood home had always been in poor shape, but now it has decayed even further

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The description of the large limb caught in the highest branches of one of the trees (lines 17-23) most clearly conveys

• the unchanging condition of the yard since her childhood.

• the author's fond memories of her father working around the house

• the fragility of life in the desert

• the large amount of time that has passed since her childhood.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The primary effect of the husband’s response in lines 60-62 is to

• demonstrates the degree to which he supports the author

• remind the reader that the husband has been in the scene from the beginning.

• let the reader know that it's time for them to leave

• reveal to the reader how little her husband understands her feelings.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2