Which sentence uses an objective tone? - answerA garden would provide numerous benefits to the students. Look at the table Zareen created to help plan her narrative essay. What does Zareen most need to add to her table to complete the planning for her essay? - answerShe needs to add to the beginning and introduce what her challenge was. Read the excerpt from Iqbal. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We followed, but stopped at the door like a group of frightened baby chicks. We saw Iqbal's knees scrape on the stones on the ground, his arm bang against the edge of the well. The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it slowly open on rasping hinges. We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, jerking Iqbal after him. Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep: the grate of the Tomb as it was raised and then bang! as it fell closed. The sound echoed in the heavy heat of the courtyard. Which details from the excerpt best indicate that the tomb is a frightening place? Check all that apply. - answerThe master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it open on rasping hinges. We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep Read the passage from Perseus. "Your child!" Acrisius cried in great anger. "Who is his father?" But when Danaë answered proudly, "Zeus," he would not believe her. In the passage, the dialogue primarily serves to - answerillustrate the feelings of the characters. Which phrases include sensory language? Check all that apply. - answerthe softly drifting snow the bumpy, twisted tree the scarred, stained rug Read the opening paragraph from a formal e-mail. The Nature Center was founded to preserve three hundred acres of woods and wetlands. Our miles of nature trails provide hours of hiking pleasure to our visitors. Our Nature's Classroom has helped countless children gain an understanding of and appreciation for the importance of nature. Each year, we strive to earn enough donations to maintain this local treasure.This year, in honor of the Nature Center's fiftieth birthday, our annual fundraiser will be even more elaborate and elegant than usual. Why can the reader conclude that this e-mail was written for a general audience? - answerIt contains background information about the Nature Center that a general audience would need. 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. What is the central idea of the excerpt? - answerThe narrator longs to be unnoticed in public. Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. Just before the court hearing where Governor Faubus would be called to account, the nine of us were summoned to Mrs. Bates's house to meet with the press. Nothing had changed since our last meeting. The troops were still in place around the school, and every morning the crowd of segregationists grew larger. Governor Faubus was still predicting violence. Several very dignified and important-looking men sat in her living room. One was the NAACP attorney, Wiley Branton. I recognized another man whose picture I'd seen in the newspapers: the famous lawyer Thurgood Marshall, the man who had delivered the argument that resulted in the Supreme Court's 1954 school integration ruling. What is the author's purpose for including these details? - answerto inform readers about historical context Read the sentence. I was telling my dad about how much I like starting a new notebook. Which revision best uses dialogue to show the narrator's feelings? - answerWhen I open the cover, the smell of fresh paper wafts up to greet me and the crisp, open page fills me with an exquisite sense of possibility. What is one reason that an author may choose to relate events in memoir form? - answerto tell significant stories from one's life Based on the prefix, the word "extricate" most likely means - answer"to get out of a situation." When writing for a general audience, the writer should keep in mind that a general audience most likely - answerknows little about the topic. The _______________ of a discussion keeps the group on track. - answerModerator By studying the suffix of "fallacy," a reader can conclude it means - answer"the state of being false." Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry. As we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. My mind could take in the sights and sounds only one by one: flashing cameras, voices shouting in my ears, men and women jostling each other, old people, young people, people running, uniformed police officers walking, men standing still, men and women waving their fists, and then the long line of uniformed soldiers carrying weapons just like in the war movies I had seen. Which words help create the mood in the excerpt? Check all that apply. - answershouting jostling fists weapons Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles. Wyke's work was always delicate and demanding, more so in the damp and confined space. Gently and carefully, Wyke scraped the dirt until he found the three cables encased in black rubber and, he