Read this excerpt from a short story.Liam navigated the busy park, scanning the crowd for his friends. They had agreed to meet at the water slide, and soon the towering steps came into view. He spotted Rachel and Marco by the inner tubes, and soon the three were racing to the top of the slide. There were over a hundred wooden stairs to climb, but the friends usually climbed them without pause. This time, however, their progress was slowed by a surprising mid-day crowd. Spiraling up the stairs were dozens of eager park patrons, each gripping a slippery tube. Liam shook his head and told his friends they would need a little more patience than usual waiting for their favorite view from the top.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: Then, window, let day in, and let life out. Romeo: Farewell, farewell! one kiss, and I’ll descend. [Descends.]45 Juliet: Art thou gone so? my lord, my love, my friend! I must hear from thee every day in the hour, For in a minute there are many days: O! by this count I shall be much in years Ere I again behold my Romeo.50
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-brow’d night, Give me my Romeo: and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine25That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence: Too familiar10Is my dear son with such sour company: I bring thee tidings of the prince’s doom. Romeo: What less than doomsday is the prince’s doom? Friar Laurence: A gentler judgment vanish’d from his lips, Not body’s death, but body’s banishment.
Read the paragraph.As Gregor stood and joined the line of kids, he exhaled deeply. While the rest of the team was selected, his posture relaxed. Gradually, his heartbeat steadied, and he high-fived each new member that joined the team.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo must leave because the sun is rising, and he cannot get caught with Juliet.Juliet: O! now be gone; more light and light it grows.Romeo: More light and light; more dark and dark our woes.
Read the paragraph.Lara hesitated at the door. She confirmed the room number, comparing it to the schedule in her sweaty hands. With downcast eyes, she shuffled toward the teacher’s desk. Greeting the teacher, she timidly asked, "Spanish Two, Señora Garcia?”
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet: Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn120The gallant, young, and noble gentleman, The County Paris, at Saint Peter’s church, Shall happily make thee there a joyful bride. Juliet: Now, by Saint Peter’s church, and Peter too, He shall not make me there a joyful bride.125I wonder at this haste; that I must wed Ere he that should be husband comes to woo. I pray you, tell my lord and father, madam, I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I swear, It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate,130Rather than Paris.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east:10Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Did you find these answers helpful?