All Saturday morning, Jeet played Mountain Bike Ramble online. He was on the last level when the Internet suddenly went down! "Oh no, what will I do now?" Jeet shouted, collapsing in a heap on the chair. Jeet's mom suggested that instead of playing in an imaginary world online, Jeet might try going outside and playing in the real world. With a heavy sigh, Jeet headed outside, which seemed to him like the most boring place on Earth. But then he looked at the big pile of dirt and stones next to Mom's garden and his imagination started to run wild. Soon Jeet had set up an incredible obstacle course. When Mom called out that the internet had come back up, Jeet didn't want to play video games any longer. "Real life is more exciting," he said to mom. "Imagine that?" she said smiling.

Which sentence best expresses the theme of the story?

All Saturday morning, Jeet played Mountain Bike Ramble online. He was on the last level when the Internet suddenly went down! "Oh no, what will I do now?" Jeet shouted, collapsing in a heap on the chair. Jeet's mom suggested that instead of playing in an imaginary world online, Jeet might try going outside and playing in the real world. With a heavy sigh, Jeet headed outside, which seemed to him like the most boring place on Earth. But then he looked at the big pile of dirt and stones next to Mom's garden and his imagination started to run wild. Soon Jeet had set up an incredible obstacle course. When Mom called out that the internet had come back up, Jeet didn't want to play video games any longer. "Real life is more exciting," he said to mom. "Imagine that?" she said smiling.

Which sentences from the story best support the theme you chose in the previous question? Select two that apply.

Read the sentence below.

The blue jay built her nest mostly with twigs, but she also used scraps of paper and other debris.

What is the best synonym for debris?

What kind of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

The sky was a blanket of stars.

Charles Drew was an African American surgeon, researcher, and educator. In the 1930's, Drew, already a doctor, was working on a degree in medical science from Columbia University. He discovered a way to store blood plasma, the watery part of blood, so it keeps for a long time. Blood plasma can save the lives of people who have lost a lot of blood. Plasma it also has a long storage life which makes it easier to transport.

A few years later, the U.S. government called on Drew to address a far greater challenge. He was asked to help save the lives of soldiers and civilians under attack in Britain during World War II. Thousands of soldiers were becoming badly wounded in battle. they lost a lot of blood and would eventually die. As a solution, Drew began work on a project called Blood for Britain that greatly improved the wounded's chances of survival. He came up with a safe way to collect blood plasma from donors in the U.S. and send it to Great Britain, where wounded people needed blood.

Which of the following BEST describes the text structure of this passage?

Read the sentences below.

After two weeks, three eggs hatched. The baby birds were ravenous, always cheeping for food. They grew quickly.

Which context clue helps you understand the meaning of ravenous?

Charles Drew was an African American surgeon, researcher, and educator. In the 1930's, Drew, already a doctor, was working on a degree in medical science from Columbia University. He discovered a way to store blood plasma, the watery part of blood, so it keeps for a long time. Blood plasma can save the lives of people who have lost a lot of blood. Plasma it also has a long storage life which makes it easier to transport.

A few years later, the U.S. government called on Drew to address a far greater challenge. He was asked to help save the lives of soldiers and civilians under attack in Britain during World War II. Thousands of soldiers were becoming badly wounded in battle. they lost a lot of blood and would eventually die. As a solution, Drew began work on a project called Blood for Britain that greatly improved the wounded's chances of survival. He came up with a safe way to collect blood plasma from donors in the U.S. and send it to Great Britain, where wounded people needed blood.

Which two words/phrases from the passage are the BEST clue that the passage has a problem and solution text structure?

What is theme

What is authors purpose

Dear Mr.Fowley,

Can I please do my biology project on the three-toed sloth? It is a fascinating rain forest animal. I know we are supposed to pick an arctic animal for this project, but I really love sloths! Can you make exception for me just this one time?

Jessie

(Dominic Clark)

Before the 1800's people didn't have right or left shoes. They had shoes of just one shape that they used for both feet. When people first saw right and left shoes, they laughed. They called them "crooked shoes." "What a silly idea," they said. You can infer that shoes before 1800:

Identify the independent clause in this sentence:

When I was 10 years old, I visited the rain forest.

The following are the coordinating conjunction to link compound sentence EXCEPT

Which of the following is sentence fragment?

Which of these sentences is a run-on sentence?

I consider your behavior

Mr. Eagleton reads mysteries, listens to classical music, and he watches television.

Is this sentence a parallel? Jasmine is laughing, answering the telephone, and working at the computer.

Not only did Hank despise the way June chewed with her mouth open, _________ finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor.