A Work in Progress

What is the main message of “A Work in Progress”?

• People must lower their expectations so that they will not be disappointed.

• Newer prosthetic legs are a great improvement over wooden prosthetic legs.

• Accepting and embracing one’s differences can lead to success in life.

• People who are normal never get the opportunity to be extraordinary.

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Based on the details in “A Work in Progress,” what is most likely true about the author?

• She inspires other people with her actions.

• She refuses to admit that she has any faults.

• She had to overcome a fear of public speaking.

• She secretly still wishes she doesn’t need prosthetics.

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Which excerpt from “A Work in Progress” is the clearest example of comic diction?

• Most people learn to walk in very high heels. They bend their ankle so the ball of the foot touches the ground first; you have more stability.

• The “skin color” was the rubber foam foot painted “Caucasian,” which is the nastiest shade of nuclear peach that you’ve ever seen in your life.

• So at some point I get caught in a rip current, and I’m migrating from my vantage point of where I could see my parents’ towel. And I’m taking in water, and I’m fighting, fighting, fighting.

• And then when I was fourteen it was Easter Sunday, and I was gonna be wearing a dress that I had purchased with my own money—the first thing I ever bought that wasn’t on sale.

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Which excerpt from “A Work in Progress” is the clearest example of hyperbole?

• But instead I had these wooden legs with a rubber foot that the toes broke off of, and they were held on with a big bolt that rusted out ….

• And when I say “white,” I’m not talking about skin color; I’m talking about the color white.

• And these legs were so good at being waterproof that they were buoyant. So when I’d go off the high dive, I’d go down and come straight back up feet first. They were the bane of my existence.

• And like all Internet-savvy kindergarteners, she gets on the computer and Googles “new leg,” and she comes up with dozens of images of prosthetics, many of them mine.

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What is the main message of “A Work in Progress” ?

• People must lower their expectations so that they will not be disappointed.

• Newer prosthetic legs are a great improvement over wooden prosthetic legs.

• Accepting and embracing one’s differences can lead to success in life.

• People who are normal never get the opportunity to be extraordinary.

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Which of the following is a literary technique used in “A Work in Progress” to create humor?

• referring to the audience directly throughout the article

• describing something that is out of place for a situation

• choosing commonly used words that people understand

• using formal language that produces an unexpected effect

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What does the author have in common with the six-year-old at the end of "A Work in Progress"? Choose two options

• They both have legs that are creatively decorated.

• They both learned to be proud of their differences.

• They both chose amputation so they could walk better.

• They both met an adult with a prosthetic leg who was thriving.

• They both searched the Internet to and images of prosthetic legs

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What is the primary theme of "A Work in Progress"?

• Overcoming adversity through self-acceptance

• The importance of technological advancements

• The challenges of public speaking

• The significance of family support

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Which literary device is prominently used in "A Work in Progress" to convey humor?

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

In "A Work in Progress," what does the author suggest about societal expectations?

• They are often unrealistic and limiting

• They are necessary for personal growth

• They should be strictly followed

• They are irrelevant to personal success

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