Story: A Lifelong Friend


Explain why Ben comes to realize that friendship is a give-and-take relationship that benefits both people involved. Use details from the story to support your answer.

Fix this grammatically incorrect sentence:
“Bands of wild horses.Mustangs.roamed wild and free in the American West.”

A. In the American West, Mustangs are free and wild.
B. Mustangs roamed free in the American West.
C. Bands of wild horses-Mustangs-roamed wild and free in the American West.
D. Bands of wild horses, Mustangs, roamed wild and free in the American West.
E. In the American West, a species of wild horse, the Mustang, roamed wild and free.
F. All of the ABOVE.

Identify the rising action from “Cupid and Psyche.”

Psyche is a beautiful mortal; Cupid is the son of Venus; the setting is Ancient Greece, both Earth and in the Heavens.

Cupid comes to Proserpine’s rescue.

Psyche and Cupid are separated and Psyche is sent on a long journey to complete a

series of tasks for Venus in order to be reunited with Cupid.

Psyche angers Venus because of her beauty.

When should you use a semicolon? ( ; ).

A. To separate two dependent clauses.
B. To separate a subject and a predicate.
C. To separate two independent clauses.
D. As a substitute for PEMDAS*.
E. To separate two misplaced modifiers.

Identify each of the following nouns. On the line provided, write COLL for collective noun or COMP for compound noun. Hint: One noun is both collective and compound. (image attached)

Which of the following most likely functions as the resolution in a story?

A) I will give you a chance to explain yourself if you will please stop kicking that chair, young man.

B) I looked sadly into the eyes of my newfound furry friend and bid him a fond farewell.

C) It would be a long time before I would ever want to set foot in a boat again.

D) Waves splashed quietly against the pillars of the dock, lapping against broken oysters and barnacles.

Do you think that the government should limit the size of families in the community? Explain.

Type the correct vocabulary word in the blank.

A single story house with a white picket fence and a wooden door could be described as
.

1. When the King has two different opinions about the cabbage, why does Ruffin agree both times? Use details from the story to support your answer.

2. What does the story show you about King Ajal’s character? Explain how the King changes from the beginning to the end of the story. Use examples from the story to support your answer.

3. Explain how the story’s events lead to the climax of the story. Use details from the story to support your answer.

(story attached)

Which of the following vocabulary words refer to family relationships? Select all that apply.

yourselves
crises
children
brethren
brothers
sheaves

Story: Make Room for Brooms!

In what ways did the Great Depression affect the tenant farmers? Use details from the story to support your response. Write your answer in the answer document.

If you could live in the ultimate society, would you? What could go wrong with a perfect society?

Write two or three sentences explaining how the narrator feels about the old man and why he decides to murder him in the story “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Is electronic image good or bad? Explain why?

Which of the following vocabulary words are pronouns that directly refer to selves? Select all that apply.

ourselves
yourselves
shelves
halves
themselves

ok so i know this might soun d weird but i have to write an essay of how to do a research project.

School dances make adolescence challenging because....

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Which word refers to the medium work of art?

Put commas: Maria our new friend Chicago came. (There are several correct answer choices)

A. Maria, our new friend, came from Chicago
B. From Chicago came Maria, our new friend.
C. Maria came from Chicago.
D. Our new friend, Maria, came from Chicago.
E. Chicago, came Maria, who was our new friend.

Select the best topic sentence.

Did you know that the colorful rings of the Olympic flag were designed to unify the countries participating in the games?

Explain the colors of the rings on the Olympic flag.

Unifying countries designed the Olympic flag.

The colorful rings on the Olympic flag have symbolic meaning.

Select the item that is not a form of nonfiction.

Compare/contrast
Chronological
Petrarchan
Problem/solution

Type the spelling words that end in -ize, -ity, or -ive.

Ending in -ive:

Ending in -ize:

Ending in -ity:

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Identify the connotative meaning of “dog.” Select all that apply.

Canine
Dangerous
Friendly
Loyal

See if you can identify the verbs in the following sentences as active voice or passive voice. The verbs are in parenthesis.

1. I (mowed) the lawn this morning.
2. I (was told) a secret.
3. Did you (see) that dog?
4. We (celebrated) her birthday with cake and ice cream.
5. She (bought) six dresses and four pair of pants.

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The main idea of this paragraph is: Gertrude Elion was a determined woman who had real life and classroom experiences that helped her learn biochemistry. If sentence 3 is removed from the paragraph, what is the new main idea of the paragraph?

Gertrude Belle Elion was born on Jan. 23, 1918, in New York City.
She graduated from Hunter College in New York City with a degree in biochemistry in 1937.
Unable to obtain a graduate research position because she was a woman, she took a series of jobs, including lab assistant, chemistry and physics teacher in New York City high schools, and research chemist.
During this time she also took classes at New York University, where she earned a
master's degree in 1941.
Because she could not devote herself to full-time studies, Elion never received a doctorate.
Elion learned everything she needed to know from her courses.
Elion was a busy person and a distracted student.
Elion never received her doctorate degree.
Elion had full scholarships to college because she was a woman.

Use a spelling word to complete the sentence.

Clothing that is proper for an occasion may be called
attire.

List all of the vocabulary words that contain -traction plus a prefix. Make sure you use correct spelling.

Type the correct vocabulary word in the blank.

If I understand something, I
it.

Describe how Asher is different from Jonas.

Combine this sentence: Law student studied hard. She passed her exam.

A. Since the law student studied, she passed her exam.
B. As a result of the exam, the law student studied hard.
C. Because he studied hard, he passed it.
D. As a result of the law student studying hard; she passed her exam.
E. Law student studied hard, she passed her exam.

For example, in the “Introduction” to Bulfinch’s Mythology, Bulfinch writes:

The Greek poets believed the earth to be flat and circular, their own country occupying the middle of it, the central point being either Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods, or Delphi, so famous for its oracle.
What can be inferred by this information?

The Greeks didn’t travel far beyond their own region.
Ancient Greeks at the center of the map
The poets did not respect the gods as did the average person.
The gods were not all knowing.