The Story of an Hour

Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

Based on the context, what do you think is the best definition of haunted?

• frequented by a ghost

• to be persistently on someone's mind

• showing signs of mental anguish or struggle

• to go somewhere often

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky.

Based on the context, what is the best definition of the word yonder?

• at some far distance; over there

• in a bored or tired manner

• with your eyes closed

• in an angry or defiant manner

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her.

Which of the following phrases is the metaphor?

• sudden, wild abandonment

• storm of grief

• paralyzed inability

• she went away to her room

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone.

How does the metaphor "storm of grief" function in the sentence?

• it describes the weather outside of her window

• it describes how chaotic and intense Mrs. Mallard's sadness is

• it shows how excited Mrs. Mallard feels to be independent

• it highlights how intensely sad Josephine is

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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Which sentence most strongly suggests that Mrs. Mallard was hesitant to say what was on her mind?

• When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips.

• The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes.

• Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.

• She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death;

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky...

Which phrase from the excerpt provides a clue to the meaning of the words subtle and elusive?

• There was something coming to her

• she was waiting for it

• What was it? She did not know

• But she felt it, creeping out of the sky

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this posession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!

Which word is spelled incorrectly? Type it correctly below:

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CCSS.L.11-12.2

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procesion of years to come that would belong to her absolutely.

Which word is spelled incorrectly? Type it correctly below.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2B

She clasped her sister's waist, and together they decended the stairs.

Which word is spelled incorrectly? Type it correctly below.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

She knew that she would weep again when she sawthe kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looks save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead.

Which verb is in the incorrect tense? Write it in the correct tense below.

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