English II STAAR

Mimi wants to conclude her essay by motivating her readers to take action. Which of the following statements should she insert after sentence 29 to accomplish this goal?

• The future of our planet depends on people like you doing away with a terrible threat—plastic water bottles.

• We should make the decision today to be smart about our finances and responsible with our planet by opting for reusable water bottles.

• Think of how much you can help the fish in our lakes, rivers, and oceans by avoiding bottled water.

• Choose reusable water bottles, and watch your savings grow.

What is the correct way to write sentence 5?

• I pull gently at its crisp brown shell, the aroma of its gooey sweetness that teases my nostrils.

• As I pull gently at its crisp brown shell, the aroma of its gooey sweetness teases my nostrils.

• Pulling gently at its crisp brown shell, the aroma of its gooey sweetness teasing my nostrils.

• When I pull gently at its crisp brown shell, and the aroma of its gooey sweetness teasing my nostrils.

Which sentence describes a shift in the poem’s focus?

• In stanza 1, the speaker focuses on his daughter’s creative struggles, while in stanza 2, he imagines her eventual success as an artist.

• In stanza 1, the speaker focuses on his daughter’s paintings, while in stanza 2, he describes his own artwork.

• In stanza 1, the speaker focuses on his daughter’s art as an expression of childhood, while in stanza 2, he considers her future as a mature artist.

• In stanza 1, the speaker focuses on his daughter’s early artistic success, while in stanza 2, he questions whether she should pursue a career as a painter.

Read paragraph 15.

In this paragraph, the author uses imagery to —

• show the son’s fear of being touched by his father

• imply that the father may not really be dying after all

• emphasize how aged and decrepit the father appears to his son

• suggest that the son has little respect for his father

Which line of dialogue provides the best evidence that the father is questioning his priorities?

• “Now all that seems so unimportant, you know?”

• “Remembering a man’s stories makes him immortal, did you know that?”

• “I had dinner with a prime minister once, William.”

• “I wasn’t going to tell you about the two-headed lady, Mr. Smarty-pants,” he says.

“Let me guess,” I say. “He planted them and a huge vine grew up into the clouds, and at the top of the clouds was a castle, where a giant lived.” 4 “How did you know?” 5 “And a two-headed woman who served him tea, no doubt.”

In paragraphs 3 through 5, the phrases “Let me guess” and “no doubt” give the son’s dialogue a tone that is —

• naive

• hypercritical

• indignant

• sarcastic

Which sentence best describes the father’s moral dilemma?

• He must choose between impressing his son with outlandish stories and admitting that he is a financial failure.

• He must resolve feelings about his failure to persuade his son to follow in his footsteps.

• He must decide whether to continue to pursue his dreams or devote himself to helping his son.

• He must reconcile his lifelong desire to be important with the knowledge that he neglected his family.

Which sentence best states a difference between the attitude of the speaker in the poem and the attitude of the narrator in the story?

• The speaker in the poem worries that his daughter gets carried away by her imagination, while the narrator in the story admires the way his father uses his imagination.

• The speaker in the poem believes that his daughter paints to express her true feelings, while the narrator in the story believes that his father tells stories to escape reality.

• The speaker in the poem thinks his daughter paints to bring them closer together, while the narrator in the story thinks his father tells stories to distance himself from others.

• The speaker in the poem believes that painting is good for his daughter’s health, while the narrator in the story worries that his father’s stories are a symptom of illness.

Which statement best expresses the main idea of paragraph 5?

• Movies can cause people to become emotional.

• The way people relate to a movie depends on how realistic it is.

• Movies can make people ignore the difference between reality and fiction.

• People lose awareness of their surroundings in a movie theater.

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