Select the correct version of this sentence:

"Mary is trying hard in school this semester," her father said.

"Mary is trying hard in school this semester" her father said

"Mary is trying hard in school this semester, her father said."

Mary is trying hard in school this semester.

Crayons have been used by people for many years. The idea to combine wax with color goes back thousands of years. The Egyptians used beeswax combined with color to paint on stones. They then used heat to melt the wax so it would stay in place. This method was used by many people around the world in the 17th and 18th centuries, in fact, it is still used today. While this may not be the easiest way to complete an art project, it is still an interesting way to add color to an object. Which is the best main idea for this passage?

Though different from today, Crayons have been used by people for hundreds of years.

Crayons have only been around for a few years.

Teenagers that are 14 or 15 years old must work outside of school hours. They are not allowed to work more than 3 hours on a school day, including Fridays, and they are only allowed to work 8 hours or less on a nonschool day. Teens of these ages are allowed to work no more than 18 hours during a week when school is in session and no more that 40 hours during a week when school is not in session (summer and school breaks). Teens are allowed to work between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.-except between June 1 and Labor day when the evening hour is extended to 9 p.m. The author wrote this article most likely to -

Explain the rules of working hours to employers

Encourage teenagers to work more hours

Convince teens to enjoy their youth and not work too much

Describe possible jobs students of this age group can hold.

The exploding part of story/ turning point of story

Read: (1) Everything, from grocery bags to diapers to cell phones, is now made to be disposable. (2) This means they are used one time or have a short lifespan and are meant to be replaced often. (3) This “disposable” culture has a negative effect on our planet’s resources. (4) Natural resources are dwindling, and landfills are overflowing. (5) People need to do better. Jesse’s paragraph needs a stronger position statement. Which of the following could best replace sentence 5 and more effectively state the position Jesse is taking in this paper?

People need to buy products that use resources wisely and are meant to last for a long time.

People need to buy only the disposable products that are made with recycled materials.

Read: (1) Our ancestors did not have the machines we have today to make difficult ordinary tasks easier. (2) Washing clothes, carrying wood, and shoveling coal all required a great deal of physical labor. (3) People had to be in good physical shape. (4) Without elevators, cars, and computerized robots, people had to climb stairs, walk to work, and perform backbreaking labor. (5) Almost every chore they needed to get done required a workout. Mary’s paragraph needs a position statement. Which of these sentences could best follow sentence 4 and state the position that Mary is taking in this paper?

We need to go back to doing activities that would make us fit even if they take more time and effort.

It’s time to build a machine that makes us stronger and in better shape so we don’t really have to work hard.

The cost of labor-saving devices continues to decline, making us do even less work in the future.

Read: (1) When pets get sick or injured, they might need medicine or even surgery. (2) Surgery on a cat or dog is a lot like surgery on a person. (3) The animal takes medicine that helps it sleep and keeps it from feeling pain during the surgery. (4) Doctors use many of the same tools, such as scalpels and tweezers. (5) They also use sponges and wear masks and gloves. (6) After the surgery, the animal rests and recovers, much like a person does. (7) One notable difference, though, is the cone some animals wear around their necks. (8) The cone is meant to stop an animal from chewing or licking the place where it had surgery. (9) Most people can control their urge to lick or bite themselves, so they don’t need the cones. Bianca would like to add a relevant quotation to the end of her paragraph. Which of the following could best follow sentence 9 and help support the ideas in this paragraph?

“Humans need a seat belt, “ one doctor joked, “to make them rest.”

“If given the chance,” one vet said, “pets would refuse any surgery.”

As one expert remarked, “It’s the poor humans that have to pay for this.”

“They only have to wear the cone a short time,” a kind vet said.

Which of the following is a simile?

She was like a ninja, fighting the criminals.

He was a tiger leaping on his prey.

They were louder than a rock concert.

show a change in time or scenery.

introduce the characters in a play.

explain the problem in the story.

divide the play up into equal parts.

The tone of a passage is:

the general feeling created by the writer.

the lesson given in the selection.

Pictures, diagrams, and graphs:

Help the reader understand more about non-fiction text.

help the reader understand the problem in a story.

Distract the reader from reading.

What is the difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA.

Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.

Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The writer's attitude about a subject.

Tone

Mood

Conflict

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The feeling a reader gets from a passage.

Mood

Theme

Flashback

Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The problem in the story.

Exposition

Rising Action

Conflict

Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An interruption in a story that takes a character back to a time that happened before the story's current setting, provides background, foreshadowing, or context clues.

Plot

Mood

Suspense

Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Part in a story where the excitement grows, leading up to the conflict.

Falling Action

Rising Action

Suspense

Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To examine differences between two things.

Compare

Contrast

Mood

Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

winter in a train station of a busy city

a hospital in the future

a summer morning in a castle

a grocery store in the 1980s

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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The writer's attitude about a subject.

The feeling a reader gets from a passage.

The problem in the story.

An interruption in a story that takes a character back to a time that happened before the story's current setting, provides background, foreshadowing, or context clues.

Part in a story where the excitement grows, leading up to the conflict.

To examine differences between two things.

What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

This type of narrator is a character in the story. Using the pronoun, "I," the narrator reveals his or her own thoughts. This type of narrator may be unreliable.

The writer's attitude toward a subject, character or audience.

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The writer's attitude about a subject.

The feeling a reader gets from a passage.

The problem in the story.

An interruption in a story that takes a character back to a time that happened before the story's current setting, provides background, foreshadowing, or context clues.

Part in a story where the excitement grows, leading up to the conflict.

To examine differences between two things.

What is the setting of the passage below?One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

What is the setting of the passage below?One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

This type of narrator is a character in the story. Using the pronoun, "I," the narrator reveals his or her own thoughts. This type of narrator may be unreliable.

The writer's attitude toward a subject, character or audience.

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What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.

What is the setting of the passage below?

One summer day, Randolph the Bright slept alone in his room in the castle at Reddington. The light of morning seeped slowly through his curtains. Randolph blinked against the day, smiling as his dream came to a peaceful conclusion.