"Once More to the Lake"

In paragraph 6, the speaker says, When we got back for a swim before lunch, the lake was exactly where we had left it, the same number of inches, from the dock, and there was only the merest suggestion of a breeze." Which of the following best describes his tone?

• startled recognition

• anxious anticipation

• rapt exhilaration

• ironic surprise

• measured confirmation

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Paragraph 2 includes an appeal to each of the senses EXCEPT

• hearing

• smell

• sight

• touch

• taste

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Which of the following contributes most to concluding sentence of paragraph 6: "There had been no years."

• the gunwale

• the cottages

• the dragonfly

• the tar

• the vacation

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Paragraph 2 contains each of the following EXCEPT

• personification

• simile

• description

• metaphor

• parallelism

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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

In paragraph 6, the phrase "doubling the attendance"

• adds to the wildlife's quantification

• suggests the camp's overcrowding

• expands the visual imagery

• describes the speaker's attention

• indicates the minnows' progeny

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A prominent characteristic of the passage as a whole is its

• development of plot

• subordination of incident

• coordination of position

• analysis of idea

• accumulation of experience

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2