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What do the stage directions suggest about Carter, Marcus, and Ruben?

• They are best friends who are wanting to leave David out of the tournament..

• They are waiting for David to talk about the basketball tournament.

• They are brainstorming ideas about the basketball tournament.

• They are resting between basketball games.

Which is NOT a way an author would organize a selection?

• by explaining the difference between two topics

• by providing reasons to support his/her claim

• to suggest that the speaker has a lot on his mind

• the author enjoys working with others

What is an author's claim?

• a main idea

• a description

• a comparison

• a guess

Which is an example of sensory language?

• Eradicate a passive voice to make a boring blog interesting.

• You don't want to deal with your to-do list, but you do it anyway.

• My feet were trudging in the thick, pasty mud. My feet felt heavy. Squelch. Sploosh. Squelch. Sploosh

• Research shows that when we can hold a product the desire for the product increases.

By telling the story from the first-person point of view, the author helps the reader understand —

• how the protagonist's friend feels about a particular subject

• why a minor character enjoys the protagonist's company

• how all the characters feel about a particular subject

• how the protagonist feels about a particular subject

The story’s third-person limited point of view gives the reader insight into —

• the doubts the protagonist's mother has about the protagonist's decision

• a minor character's thoughts about the protagonist's decision

• the feelings the protagonist has about her own decision

• a minor character's hesitation about the protagonist

What does the imagery in this sentence suggest about the narrator?

• He knows that he will be having a good breakfast

• He believes that it is unlikely that his dad is joining them for breakfast

• He wants to finish his breakfast and wash the dishes

• He feels tension building between his mother and himself

A character who opposes the the main character of a story and is usually considered "the bad guy."

• protagonist

• antagonist

• villianologist

• evilist

The story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict— in a plot.

• resolution

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

The exchange of spoken words between two or more characters

• conflict

• dialogue

• dialect

• monologue