Matt walked slowly towards Coach Stewart’s office. He knew what Coach wanted to talk about as soon as he received the note calling him down there. Last week, Coach Stewart had told him that if he were to fail one more test, there would be serious consequences regarding his place on the team. Matt roughly balled up the note in his fist. It was probably the only ball he’d be holding in his hands for quite some time. If only he’d spent more time studying equations and ratios than he had in the batting cages, this would not be happening.

2. Which clues helped you determine Matt’s sport? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

Matt walked slowly towards Coach Stewart’s office. He knew what Coach wanted to talk about as soon as he received the note calling him down there. Last week, Coach Stewart had told him that if he were to fail one more test, there would be serious consequences regarding his place on the team. Matt roughly balled up the note in his fist. It was probably the only ball he’d be holding in his hands for quite some time. If only he’d spent more time studying equations and ratios than he had in the batting cages, this would not be happening.

3. What test did Matt fail? *

4. Which clue helped you determine which test Matt failed?

Matt walked slowly towards Coach Stewart’s office. He knew what Coach wanted to talk about as soon as he received the note calling him down there. Last week, Coach Stewart had told him that if he were to fail one more test, there would be serious consequences regarding his place on the team. Matt roughly balled up the note in his fist. It was probably the only ball he’d be holding in his hands for quite some time. If only he’d spent more time studying equations and ratios than he had in the batting cages, this would not be happening.

5. What can be inferred from the text?

6. The exposition introduces us to the elements of the story, including...

"Unto Others" Read the following story to answer questions 7-10.

When the Spellman family moved next door to us, my mother swore the Lord himself sent them to test her good nature. See, our block was pretty quiet until the Spellman's came. There were some senior citizens, the newlywed couple, Mr. Tatum the librarian, and us, the Middleton family, and we didn't live any way like the Spellman family did. We kept our lawn cut, turned off our lights at 9PM, and went to church every Sunday. The Spellmans had a different life style all together.

The first thing that you must know is that there were sixteen of them, all different ages from twin babies to grown men. That part is only relevant because each Spellman had a loud personality, and sixteen loud personalities is a lot of volume. They played loud music all hours of the day and night, had crowds of noisy guests coming and going, and every one of those sixteen Spellmans must have owned a bike that they kept resting in the front yard.

Living next to those Spellmans almost drove my mother insane. If she wasn't shaming them for not attending mass, or complaining to her sister Jackie about the way the Spellman girls dressed, then she was shoeing the Spellman's dogs out of our yard or filing noise complaints with the police. My mother had never been so busy. She was even organizing a "good neighbors" committee to discuss ways to improve the neighborhood. All she ever spoke of any more were the Spellmans and their wrongdoings.

One Sunday afternoon after church service, my mother was driving old Ms. Parker home to her house on the hill when we got a flat tire. My father was out of town at the time, so it was just me, my mother, and old Ms. Parker. All of us together might have been able to get the spare tire out of the trunk if we put our wits together; but as far as changing the tire, let's just say that we were at the mercy of the good Lord. Since old Ms. Parker lived so far up that hill, not a lot of traffic drove by us. It had been about fifteen minutes since the last car passed when we heard the rattling and puttering of an old pick up truck as it pulled over to assist us.

The Spellman boys ran up on our car like a NASCAR pit crew. Before my mother could even protest, they had ushered us out of the car, thrown the car on a jack, and took the tire off. "Her spare is flat," said the middle one to the big one. "Give her ours," replied the big one, barely acknowledging the sacrifice. The Spellman boys whizzed and zoomed around the car and like that we were back on wheels. My mother was stunned. "I don't know what to say," she stammered. The big one said, "Well, the Lord said love thy neighbor, and we are neighbors, right?" After that my mother started acting like a neighbor.

The next day when the Spellman's dogs went traipsing through my mother's flower garden, she put out a bowl of water for them. When she saw the Spellman girls walking out with nothing but a halter on, she lectured them about being upright ladies and offered them sweaters. And when she heard the Spellman's music through our walls, she tried to dance a little bit. She even invited the Spellman's to be part of the good neighbors committee. So she finally took a page from that book she was always thumping and became a good neighbor herself, and the neighborhood was a better place because of it.

7. Which of the following is best described as part of the climax of the story?

"Unto Others" Read the following story to answer questions 7-10.

When the Spellman family moved next door to us, my mother swore the Lord himself sent them to test her good nature. See, our block was pretty quiet until the Spellman's came. There were some senior citizens, the newlywed couple, Mr. Tatum the librarian, and us, the Middleton family, and we didn't live any way like the Spellman family did. We kept our lawn cut, turned off our lights at 9PM, and went to church every Sunday. The Spellmans had a different life style all together.

The first thing that you must know is that there were sixteen of them, all different ages from twin babies to grown men. That part is only relevant because each Spellman had a loud personality, and sixteen loud personalities is a lot of volume. They played loud music all hours of the day and night, had crowds of noisy guests coming and going, and every one of those sixteen Spellmans must have owned a bike that they kept resting in the front yard.

Living next to those Spellmans almost drove my mother insane. If she wasn't shaming them for not attending mass, or complaining to her sister Jackie about the way the Spellman girls dressed, then she was shoeing the Spellman's dogs out of our yard or filing noise complaints with the police. My mother had never been so busy. She was even organizing a "good neighbors" committee to discuss ways to improve the neighborhood. All she ever spoke of any more were the Spellmans and their wrongdoings.

One Sunday afternoon after church service, my mother was driving old Ms. Parker home to her house on the hill when we got a flat tire. My father was out of town at the time, so it was just me, my mother, and old Ms. Parker. All of us together might have been able to get the spare tire out of the trunk if we put our wits together; but as far as changing the tire, let's just say that we were at the mercy of the good Lord. Since old Ms. Parker lived so far up that hill, not a lot of traffic drove by us. It had been about fifteen minutes since the last car passed when we heard the rattling and puttering of an old pick up truck as it pulled over to assist us.

The Spellman boys ran up on our car like a NASCAR pit crew. Before my mother could even protest, they had ushered us out of the car, thrown the car on a jack, and took the tire off. "Her spare is flat," said the middle one to the big one. "Give her ours," replied the big one, barely acknowledging the sacrifice. The Spellman boys whizzed and zoomed around the car and like that we were back on wheels. My mother was stunned. "I don't know what to say," she stammered. The big one said, "Well, the Lord said love thy neighbor, and we are neighbors, right?" After that my mother started acting like a neighbor.

The next day when the Spellman's dogs went traipsing through my mother's flower garden, she put out a bowl of water for them. When she saw the Spellman girls walking out with nothing but a halter on, she lectured them about being upright ladies and offered them sweaters. And when she heard the Spellman's music through our walls, she tried to dance a little bit. She even invited the Spellman's to be part of the good neighbors committee. So she finally took a page from that book she was always thumping and became a good neighbor herself, and the neighborhood was a better place because of it.

8. Which of the following is best described as the resolution of the story?

"Unto Others" Read the following story to answer questions 7-10.

When the Spellman family moved next door to us, my mother swore the Lord himself sent them to test her good nature. See, our block was pretty quiet until the Spellman's came. There were some senior citizens, the newlywed couple, Mr. Tatum the librarian, and us, the Middleton family, and we didn't live any way like the Spellman family did. We kept our lawn cut, turned off our lights at 9PM, and went to church every Sunday. The Spellmans had a different life style all together.

The first thing that you must know is that there were sixteen of them, all different ages from twin babies to grown men. That part is only relevant because each Spellman had a loud personality, and sixteen loud personalities is a lot of volume. They played loud music all hours of the day and night, had crowds of noisy guests coming and going, and every one of those sixteen Spellmans must have owned a bike that they kept resting in the front yard.

Living next to those Spellmans almost drove my mother insane. If she wasn't shaming them for not attending mass, or complaining to her sister Jackie about the way the Spellman girls dressed, then she was shoeing the Spellman's dogs out of our yard or filing noise complaints with the police. My mother had never been so busy. She was even organizing a "good neighbors" committee to discuss ways to improve the neighborhood. All she ever spoke of any more were the Spellmans and their wrongdoings.

One Sunday afternoon after church service, my mother was driving old Ms. Parker home to her house on the hill when we got a flat tire. My father was out of town at the time, so it was just me, my mother, and old Ms. Parker. All of us together might have been able to get the spare tire out of the trunk if we put our wits together; but as far as changing the tire, let's just say that we were at the mercy of the good Lord. Since old Ms. Parker lived so far up that hill, not a lot of traffic drove by us. It had been about fifteen minutes since the last car passed when we heard the rattling and puttering of an old pick up truck as it pulled over to assist us.

The Spellman boys ran up on our car like a NASCAR pit crew. Before my mother could even protest, they had ushered us out of the car, thrown the car on a jack, and took the tire off. "Her spare is flat," said the middle one to the big one. "Give her ours," replied the big one, barely acknowledging the sacrifice. The Spellman boys whizzed and zoomed around the car and like that we were back on wheels. My mother was stunned. "I don't know what to say," she stammered. The big one said, "Well, the Lord said love thy neighbor, and we are neighbors, right?" After that my mother started acting like a neighbor.

The next day when the Spellman's dogs went traipsing through my mother's flower garden, she put out a bowl of water for them. When she saw the Spellman girls walking out with nothing but a halter on, she lectured them about being upright ladies and offered them sweaters. And when she heard the Spellman's music through our walls, she tried to dance a little bit. She even invited the Spellman's to be part of the good neighbors committee. So she finally took a page from that book she was always thumping and became a good neighbor herself, and the neighborhood was a better place because of it.

9. Which of the following is best described as part of the exposition of the story?

10. Which of the following is best described as part of the rising action of the story?

11. Which of the following would be considered the protagonist from The Lion King?

12. Which of the following would be a round character from Cinderella?

Review the following story from the last section for questions 13-15. "Unto Others":

When the Spellman family moved next door to us, my mother swore the Lord himself sent them to test her good nature. See, our block was pretty quiet until the Spellman's came. There were some senior citizens, the newlywed couple, Mr. Tatum the librarian, and us, the Middleton family, and we didn't live any way like the Spellman family did. We kept our lawn cut, turned off our lights at 9PM, and went to church every Sunday. The Spellmans had a different life style all together.

The first thing that you must know is that there were sixteen of them, all different ages from twin babies to grown men. That part is only relevant because each Spellman had a loud personality, and sixteen loud personalities is a lot of volume. They played loud music all hours of the day and night, had crowds of noisy guests coming and going, and every one of those sixteen Spellmans must have owned a bike that they kept resting in the front yard.

Living next to those Spellmans almost drove my mother insane. If she wasn't shaming them for not attending mass, or complaining to her sister Jackie about the way the Spellman girls dressed, then she was shoeing the Spellman's dogs out of our yard or filing noise complaints with the police. My mother had never been so busy. She was even organizing a "good neighbors" committee to discuss ways to improve the neighborhood. All she ever spoke of any more were the Spellmans and their wrongdoings.

One Sunday afternoon after church service, my mother was driving old Ms. Parker home to her house on the hill when we got a flat tire. My father was out of town at the time, so it was just me, my mother, and old Ms. Parker. All of us together might have been able to get the spare tire out of the trunk if we put our wits together; but as far as changing the tire, let's just say that we were at the mercy of the good Lord. Since old Ms. Parker lived so far up that hill, not a lot of traffic drove by us. It had been about fifteen minutes since the last car passed when we heard the rattling and puttering of an old pick up truck as it pulled over to assist us.

The Spellman boys ran up on our car like a NASCAR pit crew. Before my mother could even protest, they had ushered us out of the car, thrown the car on a jack, and took the tire off. "Her spare is flat," said the middle one to the big one. "Give her ours," replied the big one, barely acknowledging the sacrifice. The Spellman boys whizzed and zoomed around the car and like that we were back on wheels. My mother was stunned. "I don't know what to say," she stammered. The big one said, "Well, the Lord said love thy neighbor, and we are neighbors, right?" After that my mother started acting like a neighbor.

The next day when the Spellman's dogs went traipsing through my mother's flower garden, she put out a bowl of water for them. When she saw the Spellman girls walking out with nothing but a halter on, she lectured them about being upright ladies and offered them sweaters. And when she heard the Spellman's music through our walls, she tried to dance a little bit. She even invited the Spellman's to be part of the good neighbors committee. So she finally took a page from that book she was always thumping and became a good neighbor herself, and the neighborhood was a better place because of it.

13. Which of the following characters would be considered a dynamic character?

14. Which of the following would be INDIRECT characterization of the Spellman family?

15. Which of the following would NOT be considered a static & flat character?

16. Which of the following is FALSE in regards to conflict in a story?

17. Which of these are two types of conflict?

18. Which of the following is an example of Character vs. Self conflict?

19. Which of the following categories of conflict describes this: A young man is stranded in the Canadian wilderness without food or communication. He has to survive in all the elements until he is rescued or until he can find his way out.

20. Which of the following categories of conflict describes this: A smart stubborn teen girl organizes protests, petitions and demonstrations to get the state to change unfair laws about girls not being allowed to play on the school soccer team. Many people disagree with her movement and her ideas about equality.

21. What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence: Our teacher gave us a million math problems for homework!

22. What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence: Her cheeks were red roses when she got embarrassed.

23. What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence: I got cold feet right before the play.

24. Which of the following is NOT an example of an OXYMORON?

25. Which of these is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

Which of the following word parts means "the act of"?

Which of the following word parts means "pull or drag"?

Which of the following word parts means "the thing that is ___"?

Which of the following word parts means "breath or life"?

What does AEC stand for?

What is an assertion?

Which is NOT true about text evidence?

Which sentence stem do we use for commentary?

Which of these would be a good ASSERTION for the following prompt:

In the short story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson, how does the author reveal that Laurie is a dynamic character?

Which of these would be a good ASSERTION for the following prompt: In "Charles" by Shirley Jackson, what is the plot twist, or surprising realization, that the reader is intended to make?