Tracing the Central Idea in "A Quilt of a Country" — Unit test Answers

Which statement about facts in memoirs is not correct?

Which statement best explains why comparing Lincoln to a ship captain is an appropriate comparison?

Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry.I had been patiently waiting, hoping that at any moment my grandmother would signal her approval of my grown-up outfit, upswept hairdo, and high-heeled black patent shoes. Layers of forbidden makeup and dark glasses completed what I thought was the perfect disguise. The white people would never, ever recognize me from any picture they might have seen.

Read the sentence.Digestion is divided into four parts, ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination.

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Salim is creating a public service announcement to persuade people that speeding is dangerous. What evidence should he include to support his claim?

Look at the photo of a community park.

Look at the frames from One War Ends, Another Begins.In these frames, the author emphasizes the challenges Clara faced by showing

Based on the descriptive details in the passage, what inferences can be made about the setting? Select three answers.

Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry."That's strange," Mama mumbled as she waved to people who didn't bother waving back. "No matter, maybe they didn't see me." Our neighbors had always been so friendly, but now they peered at us without their usual smiles. Then I saw Kathy and Ronda, two of my school friends, standing with their mothers. Anxious to catch their attention, I waved out the window with a loud "Hi." Their disapproving glances matched those of the adults.

Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Select 3 options.

Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross.Yet these men, to the number of thirty or more, had, as one may say, pulled themselves together, and were even at that early date a relief committee, holding their meetings at the wrecked and half-ruined hotel, almost the only public house left standing. To this hotel we also went and reported to the committee. To say that we were kindly and gratefully received by them says nothing that would satisfy either ourselves or them.Which statement best describes a similarity in purpose between the frames and excerpt?

Read this line from "O Captain! My Captain!".The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

What is one reason that an author may choose to relate events in memoir form?

Rina is creating a public service announcement to persuade people to fix leaks in their homes. Which evidence should she include to support her claim that fixing leaks helps prevent wasting water?

Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference.That night, Neto, Jesse, and another teammate walked into the coach's office and handed him their uniforms and pads. They explained why they were leaving and expected him to understand, but they were disappointed. "The coach said, 'Quitting will just make it worse,'" Neto remembers. "He said the fans would call us losers and quitters instead of respecting us. Nothing could convince him. After a while we just walked out." Now there was no turning back.

Why is the use of pathos more appropriate in Whitman’s poem than in President Lincoln’s speech?

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Cynthia is writing a fictionalized story about the real life of a nurse. She used a scene from her favorite television sitcom as the source material for her research on the life of nurses.