To "evoke" an emotion means to:

Create a strong emotional response

When you "explain," you are:

Providing a detailed description of something

To "express" a feeling means to:

Share your emotions or thoughts

Compare it with another feeling

Which of the following is an example of "contrast"?

The weather today is sunny, while yesterday was rainy.

Both apples and oranges are fruits.

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 14?

After we got off the ferry and into a rental car, my mother began looking for a good place to turn off the road to look for wildlife.

After we got off the ferry and into a rental car, wildlife is what my mother began looking for and a good place to turn off the road.

After we got off the ferry to begin looking for wildlife, we were into a rental car, and my mother was looking for a good place to turn off.

After we got off the ferry and into a rental car and began looking for wildlife, my mother began looking for a good place.

Akim needs a better transition between the fifth paragraph (sentences 16–20) and the sixth paragraph (sentences 21–26). Which sentence should replace sentence 21 to improve this transition?

We quickly pulled into a parking area above a river and exited the car.

My father stopped the car, and he announced that he was getting hungry.

As the car came to a stop, I wondered if we would ever get to the lodge.

Before long we got to a place, and then Dad decided to stop the car.

(25) Tragically, during a Florida performance in 1926, Coleman died when her plane experienced a mechanical failure and crashed. What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 25?

Insert a comma after performance

Change the comma after 1926 to a semicolon

Change mechanical to machanical

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What does the word "compare" mean?

To show how things are alike

To find faults in something

To agree with someone

To ignore differences

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CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

When you "conclude," you are:

Starting a new idea

Ending a discussion or argument

Asking a question

Comparing two items

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

"Contrast" refers to:

The differences between two or more things

Making a choice

Repeating something

Summarizing ideas

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

To "convey" means to:

To confuse someone

To communicate or make known

To hide information

To delay a response

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CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

When you "describe" something, you:

Give a detailed account of it

Make an assumption

Compare it to something else

Conclude your thoughts

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

To "differ" means to:

Be the same

Change your opinion

To not be the same

Agree completely

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

"Emphasize" means to:

Make something less important

Stress or highlight a point

Explain in detail

Conclude a statement

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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