Read the passage.The wind sang to them softly, as the couple watched a sunset blossom like a rose unfolding across the sky. They thought it was the most special sunset in the history of sunsets. They floated on water that was a smooth mirror, refusing to return to the shore until the light show was over. Years later, when they were long in the tooth, they would still remember that evening.
In “A Smart Cookie,” Esperanza’s mother quit high school, but in “An Hour with Abuelo,” Arturo’s abuelo finished high school.This is an example of
Which statement is an example of a similarity between “A Smart Cookie” and “An Hour with Abuelo”?
How is the lottery ironic in the story?
Read the two introductory paragraphs representing a first draft and a revision of a narrative about making a difficult choice.First Draft: Last week, I won two tickets to see the hottest band in the country perform. I will never forget the anticipation I felt waiting to find out if I was the lucky caller. The only problem was that I would have to choose who to go with me: Jackie or Sharon.Revision: Last week, I won two tickets to see the hottest band in the country perform. I was on pins and needles as I hung on the line, dying to see if I was the lucky caller. The only problem was that I would be forced to make a choice between my two best friends. Should I invite Jackie or Sharon?
Which part of the extended metaphor that exists within Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken” best represents the idea that one of the choices faced by the author looked particularly appealing?
Read the passages from “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros and “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer.I could’ve been somebody, you know? my mother says and sighs. She has lived in this city her whole life. She can speak two languages. She can sing an opera. She knows how to fix a TV. But she doesn’t know which subway train to take to get downtown.When I came back to the island, things had changed. You had to have a college degree to teach school. . . . I became a farmer. I married a good woman who gave me many good children. I taught them all how to read and write before they started school.
Which words most contribute to the tone of uncertainty in Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken”?
Which part of the extended metaphor that exists within Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken” best represents the idea that the speaker tried his best to predict the outcome of a particular choice?
Read the passages from “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros and “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer.Today while cooking oatmeal she is Madame Butterfly until she sighs and points the wooden spoon at me. I could’ve been somebody, you know? Esperanza, you go to school. Study hard.For four years I boarded with a couple she knew. I paid my rent in labor, and I ate vegetables I grew myself. I wore my clothes until they were thin as parchment. But I graduated at the top of my class!
Read the passage.The wind sang to them softly, as the couple watched a sunset blossom like a rose unfolding across the sky. They thought it was the most special sunset in the history of sunsets. They floated on water that was a smooth mirror, refusing to return to the shore until the light show was over. Years later, when they were long in the tooth, they would still remember that evening.
Read these lines from Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken.”Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair
Read Leila’s post on her blog, Leila’s Fashion Finds.Last weekend, I bought a pair of wide-legged silver pants at my favorite thrift shop. The problem? I can’t wear them to school because we have uniforms. By forcing us to wear the same thing every day, Robinson Middle School is taking away our individuality and robbing us the opportunity to express ourselves. My English teacher always talks about how writing is a way that we can show others who we are and what we believe—that’s why I started this blog! So, its seems hypocritical that the school is encouraging us to be individuals, but they want us to all look the same!
Read the excerpt from "The Lottery."Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed. The women, wearing faded house dresses and sweaters, came shortly after their menfolk. They greeted one another and exchanged bits of gossip as they went to join their husbands.
Read the passages from “A Smart Cookie” by Sandra Cisneros and “An Hour with Abuelo” by Judith Ortiz Cofer.I could’ve been somebody, you know? my mother says and sighs. She has lived in this city her whole life. She can speak two languages. She can sing an opera. She knows how to fix a TV. But she doesn’t know which subway train to take to get downtown.When I came back to the island, things had changed. You had to have a college degree to teach school. . . . I became a farmer. I married a good woman who gave me many good children. I taught them all how to read and write before they started school.
Read the passage.From the start, he felt like a fish out of water at the new school. The other students had been there for at least a year. They knew where all the classrooms were. They knew the routines the teachers liked them to follow. He, however, was learning everything for the first time.
The setting of "The Lottery" is ironic because
Which sentence from "The Lady, or the Tiger” best paraphrases the main question, "Is it the lady or the tiger?”
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