Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”There was a slight delay in joining the team while I learned to swim in water deeper than six inches. But then I traded muddy ponds for cement swimming pools in schools and parks all over the city, tadpoling backstroking, butterflying, freestyling until my body leaned, gleamed, hardened into a core of speed with a snaggletoothed grin.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”In first grade we moved country mouse to the city whiskers quivering, eyes wide, couple days later Mom put my sister in the stroller and we three walked through a drizzle of gold and ruby leaves up one hill, down another to the new school, made of bricks, registered in the office, Mom handed me my lunch box and waved a fast goodbyeearthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Read the excerpt from Other Words for Home.I stretch my eyes as wide as I can. I want him to laugh, but he just shakes his head. I used to be able to make him laugh, but not anymore. I have not heard him laugh in ages.Other Words For Home by Jasmine Warga Text Copyright (c) 2019 by Jasmine Warga. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers
Which statement best describes the difference between tone and mood in a text?
Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”My father first let me drive when I was twelvein the woods on old logging trails,only a couple times in townwhen he was over the limit.I drove in sheer terrornever crashednot even a scratch in the painthe was proud of meand that meant a lot.My mother never knewthat we forged a secret alliancein the middle of ourCold War nuclear-family meltdownso when it was time for herto teach me how to driveI faked it, pretendingI didn’t have a clue.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”Mr. Irving styled and helmeted my mom’s hair introduced her to the other ladies, permed, perfumed, fuming about their husbands the confessor hairdresser, he knew all the juicy details. Told Mom I should join the city swim team, cuz all the kids did and it would make me tired enough to sleep better at night, and not spend so much time in her hair.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”On our bellies, facing the beach, hands in the mud legs in the water, my feet motorboated obediently. I didn’t mind kicking long as I could hold on to the shore. But then the Lady beckoned us into deep water one by one. I refused, even with the rest of the class staring. The Lady hooked me under the armpits and pulled me in.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Read the excerpt from Other Words for Home.Our president’s family grew up in the mountains to the north of us, and if you listen carefully you can hear the whispers rolling down the mountains, telling us to stay quiet and be grateful. The president’s ancestors are powerful spirits.Other Words For Home by Jasmine Warga Text Copyright (c) 2019 by Jasmine Warga. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers
Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”I ate red apples heavy-salted on the tomb the sleeping Victorian corpses below fed me secrets sentinel owls peered from a grove of old pines, all of us hoping, waiting on signs of the change that was promisedearthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”I hollered so loud the Lady consulted with my mother, the other moms clucking and whispering. I won the position at the shallowest edge of the pond where I pulled through a few inches of water with my hands in the earth, occasionally waving an arm in the air to pretend like I was swimming, a stubborn tadpole suspicious of the deep.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
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