Read the sentence.The students found the grammatical rules incredibly simple to understand and use.Which word does the underlined phrase modify?
Which quotations from chapter 7 of Night convey an atmosphere of panic? Select two options.“Here or elsewhere, what did it matter?”“Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight.”“Then, two ‘gravediggers’ grabbed him by the head and feet and threw him from the wagon, like a sack of flour.”“Father! Father! Wake up. They’re going to throw you outside.”“And I started to hit him harder and harder.”
Which underlined phrase is a prepositional phrase?
The following sentence has a misplaced modifier.Players must maintain good grades, meet all physical-fitness requirements, and attend regularly practices to play on the varsity team.Which revision corrects the error in this sentence?
Read the sentences.Focused on helping his neighbors, Mark began rebuilding after the storm. He organized a team of volunteers after a local hardware store began delivering donated supplies. To watch the town come back to life was incredible.
What is a universal theme?
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.Pressed tightly against one another, in an effort to resist the cold, our heads empty and heavy, our brains a whirlwind of decaying memories. Our minds numb with indifference.
Read the scenario, then answer the question.A city planner thinks that reconfiguring the business district’s busy downtown streets to allow for bike lanes is important and is worth the large cost. The lanes will help drivers and cyclists avoid accidents, and they will make the downtown area more attractive to bike commuters.
In this passage, the author suggests that cruelty can occur when people face horrible conditions. Which evidence best supports this viewpoint? Select two options.
Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of Night.And so an hour or two passed. Another scream jolted us. The woman had broken free of her bonds and was shouting louder than before:"Look at the fire! Look at the flames! Flames everywhere . . .”Once again, the young men bound and gagged her. When they actually struck her, people shouted their approval:"Keep her quiet! Make that madwoman shut up. She’s not the only one here . . .”She received several blows to the head, blows that could have been lethal. Her son was clinging desperately to her, not uttering a word. He was no longer crying.
Read the passages from Lord of the Flies by William Golding.Passage 1They set off again, the hunters bunched a little by fear of the mentioned beast, while Jack quested ahead. . . . Ralph leaned against a tree and at once the daydreams started swarming up. Jack was in charge of the hunt and there would be time to get to the mountain—Once, following his father from Chatham to Devonport, they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors. . . .When you went to bed there was a bowl of cornflakes with sugar and cream. And the books—they stood on the shelf by the bed, leaning together with always two or three laid flat on top because he had not bothered to put them back properly. They were dog-eared and scratched. There was the bright, shining one about Topsy and Mopsy that he never read because it was about two girls; there was the one about the magician, which you read with a kind of tied-down terror, skipping page twenty-seven with the awful picture of the spider; there was a book about people who had dug things up, Egyptian things; there was The Boy’s Book of Trains, The Boy’s Book of Ships. Vividly they came before him; he could have reached up and touched them, could feel the weight and slow slide with which The Mammoth Book for Boys would come out and slither down . . . Everything was all right; everything was good-humored and friendly.Passage 2"I’m scared of him,” said Piggy, "and that’s why I know him. If you’re scared of someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ then when you see him again, it’s like asthma an’ you can’t breathe. I tell you what. He hates you too, Ralph—”"Me? Why me?”"I dunno. You got him over the fire; an’ you’re chief an’ he isn’t.”"But he’s, he’s, Jack Merridew!”"I been in bed so much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me.”
Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."To permanently stem this flow of children, we must address the complex root causes of violence in Honduras, as well as the demand for illegal drugs in the United States that is fueling that violence.What literary device supports the author’s purpose, which is to show what has led to the refugee crisis?
Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding."Jack! Jack! You haven’t got the conch! Let him speak.”Jack’s face swam near him."And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing—”"I’m chief. I was chosen.”"Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don’t make any sense—”"Piggy’s got the conch.”"That’s right—favor Piggy as you always do—”"Jack!”Jack’s voice sounded in bitter mimicry."Jack! Jack!”"The rules!” shouted Ralph. You’re breaking the rules!”"Who cares?”Ralph summoned his wits."Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!”But Jack was shouting against him."Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat—!”
What can Reggie do to be a successful moderator? Select three options.
What are the characteristics of a successful group discussion? Select two options. The discussion focuses on only one or two points of view.The discussion focuses on some points of view more than on others.The discussion is dominated by one or two well-prepared participants.The discussion allows all group members to share their points of view.The discussion encourages group members with conflicting views to speak up.
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