USE ROOTS, AFFIXES, SYNONYMS, AND ANTONYMS TO DETERMINE THE MEANING(S) OF UNFAMILIAR WORDS AND TECHNICAL VOCABULARY.

Select the correct answer.

Which word from paragraph 7 contains a root that means "light" or "glow"?

7 “When you read about history, it is not the same as when it is told to you with a human voice, because the book doesn’t have the warmth of the human voice,” Benissan says. “That is the best part of the tradition.

When things are told to you, you feel the warmth and illumination of a great

story.”

USE ROOTS, AFFIXES, SYNONYMS, AND ANTONYMS TO DETERMINE THE MEANING(S) OF UNFAMILIAR WORDS AND TECHNICAL VOCABULARY.

Select the correct answer.

Which word from paragraph 5 contains a root that means "to move" or "stir up"?

5 By this point most students are clapping, singing, and dancing to the music. There is an excitement in the air that takes control! This is how Benissan teaches kids in the United States about the music of his country. It works every time.

Which word contains a root that means "born"?

Maria’s teacher asks the students to

research and write a paper about the origins of a popular food. Maria decides to write about potato chips.

Which type of writing will Maria be completing?

Davi's teacher tells the class to choose two brands of beverages (ex. Coke and Pepsi) and argue that one is better than the other. The students will research and survey other students to gather data in order to write their essay.

Which kind of essay will Davi write?

Maria’s teacher asks the students to research and write a paper about the origins of a popular food. Maria decides to write about potato chips.

After Maria researches he topic and makes notes, she should –

Read this poem

CrackedHow long can this coffee cup last?

The one with the long crack, from lip to toe?

The one I rely on every single morning

for just the right proportion of coffee to milk?

I bought it, cheap, at a truck stop, in southern Colorado

years ago. It has everything I love on its painted face:

stars, pine trees, a bear roasting marshmallows.

I stick it in the dishwasher every day, but it never

gets clean. It has never failed me, ’til now.

Now I’m trying to make it last, against all odds.

Sip quick before the drips flood the countertop,

before it can no longer hold what I hold dear.

Both of you. Stop fighting. Get in the car.

Just past Oklahoma, there’s a truck stop

with a long row of uncracked cups.

What is one of the themes of this poem?

Read the following poem.

CrackedHow long can this coffee cup last?

The one with the long crack, from lip to toe?

The one I rely on every single morning

for just the right proportion of coffee to milk?

I bought it, cheap, at a truck stop, in southern Colorado

years ago. It has everything I love on its painted face:

stars, pine trees, a bear roasting marshmallows.

I stick it in the dishwasher every day, but it never

gets clean. It has never failed me, ’til now.

Now I’m trying to make it last, against all odds.

Sip quick before the drips flood the countertop,

before it can no longer hold what I hold dear.

Both of you. Stop fighting. Get in the car.

Just past Oklahoma, there’s a truck stop

with a long row of uncracked cups.

Why does the author include the underlined figurative language?