Which of the following sentences from To Kill a Mockingbird contains an appositive phrase?

We lived on the main residential street in town- Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook.

I did not miss her, but I think Jem did.

Or mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence.

But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb county had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.

Which of these is a compound sentence?

Collin played well, but Andrea had the highest score.

Marcus and Wolfgang, brothers from Germany, toured the United States and Canada last Spring.

The library was empty and quiet.

My grandfather made his fortune in the computer industry.

A noiseless, patient spider, I mark'd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated; Mark'd how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding, It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself; Ever unreeling them- ever tirelessly speeding them. And you, O my soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,- seeking the spheres, to connect them; Till the bridge you will need, be form'd -till the ductile anchor hold' Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul, Which of the following is the best restatement of the theme of this poem?

The soul is forever reaching out for something beyond itself

A spider's web is proof of the great wonders that nature holds

The soul is a small, hidden thing like a spider

A spider cannot fathom the power of a soul

His head held high, Roberto walked toward the podium, waving to his friends in the audience. The year had its ups and downs, but he made it, becoming class valedictorian. Mounting the steps, Roberto took his place before the microphone. After four years of listening to speakers at school assemblies and graduations, it was his turn. He was ready. Whatever difficulties he had passed through over those years were over; this moment vindicated his struggles. The long, uncertain climb was finished; he had arrived at the top of the mountain. Roberto had decided to begin his speech by thanking the person who had helped him most during this time. Which of the following quotations from the passage is a participial phrase?

waving to his friends in the audience

Whatever difficulties he had passed through

Read the following claim. The school day should begin half an hour later in the morning. Which of the following would offer the best supporting evidence for this claim?

a study showing that students retain more information if they get extra sleep in the morning

an expert who believes that the large number of student riders in the morning puts a strain on public transportation

statistics confirming that more students ride buses before peak rust hour than at any other time during the day

an anecdote about a time the writer missed an important test because she was late to school one morning

Which of these sentences from the passage is written in the passive voice?

Kwame's whole life had been directed by his father- a powerful, confident man who ran an advertising agency.

His father had looked doubtful.

However, within a few years, Kwame had proved himself and become a successful filmmaker.

But his tireless work and burning ambition had left little time for a personal life.

Yet many of the world's great movements of thought and action have flowed from the work of a single man. A young monk began the Protestant reformation, a young general extended an empire from Macedonia to the borders of the earth, and a young woman reclaimed the territory of France. It was a young Italian explorer who discovered the New World, and 32-year-old Thomas Jefferson who proclaimed that all men are created equal. Give me a place to stand, said Archimedes, and I will move the world. These men all moved the world, and so can we all. Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and in the total, all of these acts will be written in the history of this generation... Why did Kennedy include the allusion to young people who influenced history in his speech?

to illustrate that individuals on their own have changed the world

to present qualities Americans and South Americans share

to show that war is a painful reality that cannot be changed

to explain why all countries should unite in a common cause

Far, Far away, beyond a hazy height, The turquoise skies are hung in dreamy sleep; Below, the fields of cotton, fleecy-white, Are spreading like a mighty flock of sheep. Now, like Aladdin of the days of old, October robes the weeds in purple gowns; He Sprinkles all the sterile fields with gold, And all the rustic tress wear royal crowns... And lonesome in a haunt of withered vines, Amid the flutter of her withered leaves, Pale Summer for her perished kingdom pines, And all the glories of her golden sheaves. In vain October woos her to remain Within the palace of his scarlet bowers,-- Entreats her to forget her heart-break pain, And weep no more above her faded flowers. At last November, like a conqueror, comes To storm the golden city of his foe; We hear his rude winds like the roll of drums, Bringing their desolation and their woe. The sunset, like a vast vermilion flood, Splashes its giant glowing waves on high, The forest flames with blazes red as blood,- A conflagration sweeping to the sky. Then all the treasures of that brilliant state Are gathered in a mighty funeral pyre; October, like a King resigned to fate, Dies in his forests with their sunset fire. What is the best explanation of the effect of the simile identified (underlined) in poem?

The simile adds to the images of November as a violent conqueror

The simile introduces a note of mourning into the poem

The simile develops the idea of royalty introduced earlier in the poem

The simile compares the passage of time to a competition between kings for territory

John Ross was worried. It was 1830, and President Andrew Jackson had signed the Indian Removal Act, which meant his tribe, the Cherokee Indians, would have to leave Georgia and head West across Mississippi. As the leader of the Cherokee, Ross was able to move in Native American and European-descended worlds because he had a Cherokee mother and a Scottish father. Ross told President Jackson that the government had no right to remove his people from their land, but Jackson was not swayed by Ross's arguments. When Jackson refused to back down, Ross took his grievances to the U. S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court sided with John Ross and the Cherokee, but Jackson refused to follow the Court's orders. Ross struggled to keep his tribe together, but there was another faction of Cherokee who disrupted his efforts. This faction was led by Ross's close friend, Major Ride. Ridge told the tribe that they had lost too much already, and if they signed a treaty with President Jackson, they would at least get money for their land. Ross fought against any treaty, but in the end, Ridge and his followers signed the treaty that gave the Cherokee %5 million in exchange for leaving their land in two years. Ross wanted to keep fighting, but his hands were tied. The Cherokee had to leaver their land, which the white settlers craved not only for the land itself, but also for the gold that had been discovered there. The government sent soldiers to remover the Cherokee by force, throwing them out of their homes. Taking only what they could carry, the Cherokee were sent on an eight-hundred mile trail west. The Cherokee called this terrible journey the "Trail of Tears." Which answer choice best describes the author's perspective in this text?

mostly objective, but suggesting sympathy for Ross and the Cherokees

mostly objective, but suggesting support for Jackson's decisions

fully objective, with no particular feeling for either Jackson or the Cherokees

strongly opinionated and charged with emotion

“I ain’t gonna leave you here, Ma’am . . . not with you needin’ help and all,” Jimmy said as he walked back to his truck to get the jack. “I’d help anybody who needed it; my momma taught me better’en to just leave people. The good Lord’ll make it up to me.” “I don’t know . . .,” Linda stuttered. She had barely rolled down her window to hear Jimmy when he had left his pick-up truck and offered help. “You know what they say about your kind . . .” How does the reader mainly learn about the characters in this passage?

through direct characterization

Which of the underlined phrases is an example of an idiom?

I thought tamarinds were made to eat, but that was probably not the idea .

It was such ecstasy to dream, and dream-- till you got a bite.

Then to ged and become a promenade for a centipede with forty-two legs on a side and every foot enough to burn a hole through a rawhide,

They pursed up my lips, till they resembled the stem-end of a tomato , and I had to take my sustenance through a quill for twenty-four hours.

Which answer choice is an example of a standard English format for punctuating dialogue?

Her friend noted, "I went to school overseas, and it was hard being a foreigner."

One of my classmates said to me, we all come from different backgrounds.

"I replied, you're right, our diversity is what makes us interesting."

I laughed "at least no one expected you to be the same," and then they laughed with me.

Use context clues in the sentence below to determine the most likely meaning of plausible. Grandma always said that depending on Grandpa's mood, his war stories ranged from factual to plausible to outright false.

unsuitable for a polite conversation

based on facts rather than feeling

What does being cool mean to you? I didn't speak more than a few words until I was four years old. Being a silent observer runs in my family, but it doesn't exactly make you cool. My father always said that while the person with the loudest mouth and the flashiest act might hold center stage for a while, the spotlight swings away soon enough because it has to find someone new. "Who cares if you're ahead for miles but collapse at the midpoint?" my father used to intone, "Slow and steady wins the race." What is so fascinating about cool kids at school? Despite my father's wise words, I was awestruck by the flashy kids with the big mouths From kindergarten to my teenage years, I sat in the back of the class, said like, rarely raised my hand, and watched the popular and outgoing kids chatting comfortably with each other. I , along with most of my classmates, longed to be like these chosen few. They had the best clothes and hair and their easy laughter was enticing. Slow and steady, but feeling left behind and boring, i did my schoolwork and watched on. Who has an easy time during the teenage years? Many of us had difficulties. Others transformed from awkward ducklings into sport stars or witty sophisticates. I still lingered on the fringe of packs and cliques, wanting in, and feeling pretty awful. But I felt worse for the once-cool kids who lost their standing and pretended not to be bitter, as though they weren't obsessed with their loss. Slow and steady, I kept up with the pack even if they didn't much notice me. Where did we get the idea that being cool has an expiration date? Out of school, in the workplace, I finally became cool. I blossomed into myself while my once cool classmates, who'd been chosen "most likely to succeed" kept their high school friends, were afraid to take chances, and took dead-end jobs. I was still an observer, but now I had the confidence to participate, too. As an adult, success flowed easily, like the cool-kid banter I had long envied. As I looked around at my great job and new "cool-to-me" friends, I realized popularity doesn't mean much when it comes to you easily and early. After years of slow and steady, I felt like I had won the race. From what perspective is the author telling the story of his life?

a thoughtful adult reflecting on how his life unfolded overtime

a detached observer who isn't engaged in his story

a father watching his shy young son grow into a man

an uninterested teenager who doesn't care what happens

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I have turned over various books written on the subject of education, and patiently observed the conduct of parents and the management of schools; but what has been the result? -- a profound conviction that the neglected education of my fellow-creatures is the grand source of the misery I deplore; and that women, in particular, are rendered weak and wretched bu a variety of concurring causes,...The conduct and manners of women, in fact, evidently prove that their minds are not in a healthy state; for, like the flowers which are planted in too rich a soil, strength and usefulness are sacrificed to beauty; and the flaunting leaves, after having pleased a fastidious eye, fade, disregarded on the stalk, long before the season when they ought to have arrived at maturity. One cause of this barren blooming I attribute to a false system of education, gathered from the books written on this subject by men...
What is the central idea of the passage?

Women deserve rights equal to the rights of men.

Mistaken ideas of education cause women to suffer.

Women should not be responsible for tending gardens.

Books on education do not have the most accurate ideas.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence uses the passive voice?

A giant, dormant volcano silently looms at the eastern ends of the Hawaiian island of Maui.

The volcano was given the name Haleakala, meaning "house of the sun," by the people of the island.

According to their legends, the benevolent god Maui wanted to help the people of the island named for him.

To accomplish this he captured the sun and trapped it in the deep basin at the volcano's summit.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of the Latin root -sem- or -sim-?

seem

move

small

half

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CCSS.L.6.4B

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CCSS.L.8.4B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows.
Your dog escaped from your house, in fact, she dug a hole; in my lawn.
Which of the choices below fixes the misplaced punctuation?

Your dog; escaped from your house, in fact she dug a hole in my lawn.

Your dog escaped from your house; in fact, she dug a hole in my lawn.

Your dog escaped from your house in fact ; she dug a hole in my lawn.

Your dog escaped from your house, in fact she dug; a hole in my lawn.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Read the dictionary definition of elusive.
Elusive ( ee LOO siv) adj. 1. difficult to catch or locate 2. difficult to understand or remember.
According to the dictionary entry, which sentences use elusive correctly? Select all that apply.

The politician's speech was elusive, captivating his audience.

Scientists have studied Alzheimer's disease for decades, but the cure remains elusive.

We were all intrigued by the scent wafting through the air, but its source was elusive.

It took years for the elusive detectives to track down the criminals.

The explanation for the change in Rita's attitude was elusive; we had no idea what was wrong.

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30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word memorable as it is used in the sentence? Base your answer on context and on your knowledge of the Latin root -mem-.
On that memorable occasion, my father started the kitchen fire that my grandmother still names as the reason she makes the holiday tamales herself.

coming before all others

extremely valuable

noteworthy

rare

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45 sec • 1 pt

Read the following sentence and answer the question.
The children sang loud songs that absorbed everyone on the train.
Which of the following words have a denotation similar to that of the underlined word, but a negative connotation. Select all that apply.

I find it hard to converse when I am preoccupied with my worries.

The children were fascinated by the funny performance of the clown.

The singer's deep, passionate voice beguiled the audience.

She spent the plane trip engrossed in a mystery novel.

My brother seemed to be obsessed with finding his lost hat.

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End of Year Study Guide

Which sentence uses the passive voice?

What is the meaning of the Latin root -sem- or -sim-?

Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. Your dog escaped from your house, in fact, she dug a hole; in my lawn.Which of the choices below fixes the misplaced punctuation?

Read the dictionary definition of elusive.Elusive ( ee LOO siv) adj. 1. difficult to catch or locate 2. difficult to understand or remember. According to the dictionary entry, which sentences use elusive correctly? Select all that apply.

Read the following sentence and answer the question. The children sang loud songs that absorbed everyone on the train. Which of the following words have a denotation similar to that of the underlined word, but a negative connotation. Select all that apply.

Which of the following sentences from To Kill a Mockingbird contains an appositive phrase?

Which of these is a compound sentence?

How should this sentence be corrected to create parallelism? Samantha and her sister Leah like traveling, shopping, and to read.

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Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows.
Your dog escaped from your house, in fact, she dug a hole; in my lawn.
Which of the choices below fixes the misplaced punctuation?

Read the dictionary definition of elusive.
Elusive ( ee LOO siv) adj. 1. difficult to catch or locate 2. difficult to understand or remember.
According to the dictionary entry, which sentences use elusive correctly? Select all that apply.

Read the following sentence and answer the question.
The children sang loud songs that absorbed everyone on the train.
Which of the following words have a denotation similar to that of the underlined word, but a negative connotation. Select all that apply.

How should this sentence be corrected to create parallelism?
Samantha and her sister Leah like traveling, shopping, and to read.