CUA 3 Engl. III Review

Though forks were first used in China thousands of years ago, it took a long time for them to make their way to what is now the United States.  Ancient Greeks began using forks after the Chinese. However, they did not use forks for eating. They used them for serving food. From Greece, forks moved to the Roman Empire. Romans first used long forks for cooking and serving. By the 300s, they began using table forks to feed themselves.  The table fork spread from there to what is now the Middle East and Turkey, before arriving in Italy and becoming popular in the 1000s. It stayed popular in southern Europe, but was not used much in northern Europe until it first became popular in France and Spain in the 1700s.  The table fork arrived in England from France before making its way to the North American colonies, where it first became popular shortly before the American Revolution.

What is the central idea of this passage?

• The fork changed after arriving in the Roman Empire.
• Roman forks were longer than Greek and Chinese forks.

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What is the Central Idea of the passage?
What's that humming sound?  Could it be hummingbird, the only bird capable of backward flight?  Hummingbirds have many unique flight habits that distinguish them from other birds.  Most birds flap their wings up and down to fly, but the hummingbird moves its wings forward and backward very rapidly in a figure eight pattern.  This allows the hummingbird to hover in position, fly upside down, and move about very rapidly.  And while other birds have to push off with their feet to begin flying, and work their ways up to their top speeds, the hummingbird can both start flying at maximum speed and stop flying instantaneously.  After you've seen a hummingbird in flight, it's unlikely that you'll mistake them for another bird.

• Birds and hummingbirds are very different.
• Hummingbirds make a humming sound.
• Hummingbirds wings fly in figure eight patterns.
• The hummingbird flys in a totally unique and unusual way.

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What type of allusion is the following example:

The real estate agent said his new farm listing was like the Garden of Eden. 

• Religious

• literature or mythological

• Historical

• Magical

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What type of allusion is the following example:

My diet was going well until the new chocolate store went in down the street, chocolate is my Achilles’ heel.

• Religious

• literature or mythology

• Historical

• Magical

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?

• his wife was his Achille's heel

• he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's

• she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.

• we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

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What is the purpose of this allusion?

• A. to provide meaningful connections between texts

• B. both A and D

• C. to give more insight to the character

• D. to engage the reader in an inside joke

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What is author's purpose?

• the reason the author created the work

• an opinion

• teller of a story; may or may not be a character involved in the action of the plot

• successful

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How can we identify the author's purpose for writing something?

• Ask the author.

• Flip a coin.

• Find key words and phrases used throughout the text and analyze the overall theme of the writing.

• Skim the writing and take your best guess.

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When evaluating Author's Purpose what does it mean to analyze the text?

• examining parts to understand how they work together to create meaning as a whole.

• to answer or give a reply in some way

• anything used to prove or disprove something

• the reason the author created the work

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What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.
What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain with a story about school
• to teach you how to get good grades
• to persuade you to work hard in school
• to explain the best colleges

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