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Which is the best summary of "The Landlady"

• A young man becomes a success. He's a rather ambitious young man, though, and he looks up to the 'big shots up at Head Office' for their briskness in all their tasks.

• A young man falls into a deadly trap. The landlady takes Weaver up to the second floor to an available room after discussing the price for lodging. Weaver notices that the establishment is prepared for guests, yet there doesn't appear to be any other people in the home.

• A young man solves a mystery. As he settles in, the landlady asks him to venture back downstairs to sign the ledger book as a guest. When he gets back downstairs, he noticed two other names on the register: Gregory Temple and Christopher Mulholland. The names strike him as familiar, and he tries to remember where he might have heard of them.

• A young man takes advantage of a kind woman. Despite his concerns, Weaver is unable to break away from the idea of the bed and breakfast and decides to go ahead and ring the bell. The woman of the house, described as 45 or 50 years old with a 'warm welcoming smile' and a 'round pink face and very gentle blue eyes' answers the door almost immediately.

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TEKS.ELA.6.6D

Make an inference: The author writes that Mr. Greenslade told Billy to, "Find your own lodgings, and then go along and report to the Branch Manager as soon as you've got yourself settled." Why is Billy in Bath?

• to take a vacation

• to look for a new place to live

• to start a new job

• to take a bath

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TEKS.ELA.6.5F

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading
• write about what I read
• include the key points of a text
• all of the above

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TEKS.ELA.6.6D

Reread this portion of the text:

"The houses had porches and pillars and four or five steps going up to their front doors, and it was obvious that once upon a time they had been very swanky residences."

What does the word swanky mean in this context?

• luxurious and expensive

• cheap and poorly built

• colorful and cheerful

• intimidating and off-putting

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TEKS.ELA.6.2B

What does the Landlady's quick response to the doorbell suggest about her character?

• She has a lot of experience with boarders.

• She was expecting Billy to ring the doorbell.

• It was a slow night for boarding houses in the city.

• She takes pride in speedy service.

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TEKS.ELA.6.5F

The purpose of annotating is to...

• make an assumption about what is being read.
• make us do more work than we should be doing in English.
• highlight the text word for word. 
• allow you to interact with, understand, and think about what the text is saying.  

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TEKS.ELA.6.5I

TEKS.ELA.6.6E

What does this part of the story foreshadow about the plot?

"The tea tasted faintly of bitter almonds, and I didn't much care for it."

• Billy is allergic to almonds.

• The landlady loves almonds.

• Billy is going to try to leave.

• Billy is being poisoned.

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TEKS.ELA.6.5F

The Climax is...

• The end of the story where we find out what happened to the characters when the conflict is resolved.

• The turning point of the story that the rising action has been building too.

• Beginning of the story line where the world is built and the characters and setting are introduced.

• The “villain” or “bad guy” of the story.

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TEKS.ELA.6.7C

Annotating is defined as...

• highlighting the entire text.
• markings/notes made on a text as you read it.
• summarizing the title. 
• taking notes about the main idea. 

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TEKS.ELA.6.5I

TEKS.ELA.6.6E

What is the correct order of the five elements of plot?

• Exposition, Climax, Resolution, Rising Action, Falling Action
• Setting, Conflict, Resolution, Rising Action, Climax
• Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
• Introduction, Conflict, Climax, Denouement, Conclusion

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TEKS.ELA.6.7C