Literature

13. Archie is working on an assignment for class that involves writing a five-paragraph essay to investigate an idea and express his position on something, though he hasn't decided what yet. He is trying to decide between comparing and contrasting a topic or re-defining a term that people disagree about. What rhetorical mode is Archie MOST likely going to be writing in? exposition persuasive narrative descriptive

H Write a journal entry describing your school experience. Underline or circle all verbs and adjectives with ed endings Read the entry aloud to a partner focusing on the correct pronunciatior of the words with -ed.

Which of the following best describes the plot of the Time Traveller's story? The inside story is featured within the unknown narrator's surrounding frame story. The only narrative featured in the novella is the Time Traveller's story. The surrounding frame story is the Time Traveller's story. The Time Traveller's story stands alone without a surrounding frame story.

Read the model sentence from Lindsey Leavit's Going Vintage. I walk around the desk, still amazed at the out-of-body feeling, like everything's all floating or slow motion. (C) 2013 Lindsey Leavit Use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model. Jenny coded through the night, completely focused until her fingers grew sore and heavy on her computer screen, square

Polydectes is able to trick Perseus into battling Medusa because of Perseus? square noble birth supernatural gifts divine assistance excessive pride

14. Which sentence below contains the correct use of a semicolon? We wanted to go to the store; and we went when the rain stopped. The rain finally stopped however, the flooding kept us from going to the store. Although the rain wasn't stopping; we decided to go to the store anyway. We went to the store; after the rain finally stopped.

10. What is literary adaptation? telling a story to a different audience telling a story in different way making a story longer and more complex changing one element of a story

7. What is a good reason the creators of a film adaptation might have for changing the setting of a story? to give the story a completely different plot from the original to make the setting unfamiliar to the film's viewers to deceive viewers about the origins of the story to make the setting more contemporary to the film's viewers

Read this sentence: He ran. He jumped He won the race. Which one of these rhetorical devices is used here? A. Parallelism B. Simile C. Personification D. Metaphor

Read the excerpt from Animal Farm. One Sunday morning Squealer announced that the hers, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. The price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. When the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. They had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. They were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. For the first time since the expulsion of Jones, there was something resembling a rebellion. Led by three young Black Minorca pullets, the hers made a determined effort to thwart What is the most likely reason the author wrote this passage? to show the animals increasing resistance to Napoleon to show that Napoleon will use extreme cruelty to stop a revolt to show that food can be a very powerful motivating force to show that rebelling against authority does not change anything