English Questions from Jan 14,2025

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What are three things you notice about the sentence below? Can you grab that map? Common Core Standard RI.2 Main Idea 2. What is the central idea of this passage? a. Hundreds of pounds of wheat were ground into flour. b. These machines were used to power lumber mills. c. Rivers helped provide energy for machine use. O Literacy and Math Ideas Main Idea Worksheet 5 Directions: Read each passage and ask yourself, "What is the author doing in this paragraph? Write your answer in the summary box and then think of an appropriate title for the passage based on the main idea of the passage. 1. Sir lsaac Newton was contemplating the universe in his garden one day in 1665 when he noticed an apple fall from a tree. Newton wondered to himself, "Why should the apple always fall to the ground? Why does it not go sideways or upwards but directly toward the Earth"s center?" After much contemplation Newton concluded that objects are pulled to the Earth through a force that he called gravity, which means heaviness in Latin. On July 5 . 1687 Newton formally expressed his law of universal gravitation in series of books called The Principia. Summarize this paragraph in one sentence. Be specific and clearly explain the main idea. Which of the following spntences contains NO grammatical errors? O Frederick Douglass says that Master Daniel was protective of him. Frederick Douglass says, that Master Daniel was protective of hisself. O Frederick Douglass encourages others' to keep there work with the Underground Rairoad secret. O Frederick Douglass encourages others to keep their work with the Underground Railroad secret. Which of the following sentences from the preface of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass uses a hyphen correctly? "In the month of Augus 1841 , I attended an antislavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative." "In the month of August. 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative." "In the month of August, 1841, I attended an antislavery-convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Naarative." "In the month of August-1841, I attended an antislavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative." "When I was a boy I strongly desired to be a pirate, and the reason for this was the absolute independence of that sort of life. Restrictions of all sorts had become onerous to me, and in my reading of the adventures of the bold sea-rovers of the main, I had unconsciously selected those portions of a pirat es life which were attractive to me, and had totally disregarded all the rest:" Which of the following would best replace the word "onerous" as it is used in the passage above? O inconvenient o easy oring \begin{tabular}{l} "Such was my notion of a pirate's life. I would kill nobody; the very sight of my black flag \\ would be sufficient to put an end to all thought of resistance on the part of my victims, who \\ would no more think of fighting me, than a fat bishop would have thought of lifting his hand \\ against Robin Hood and his merry men; and I truly believe that I expected my conscience to \\ have a great deal more to do in the way of approval of my actions, than it had found \\ necessary in the course of my ordinary school-boy life." \\ The underlined section in this excerpt is an example of which type of figurative language? \\ o simile \\ \hline metaphor \\ O hyperbole \\ \hline idiom \end{tabular} On a sere, barren stretch of land 100 miles from anywhere, over roads that belong in a radial tire ad, 3,500 Navajos are being forced to move by the Federal Government. Some believe this is the largest forced relocation of Indians since the end of the Indian Wars almost a century ago. It is being done in the name of justice. Based on the context within the passage above, how does Molly lvins use the phrase "in the name of justice"? Ivins uses the phrase "in the name of justice" to highlight the fairness of the relocation process. Ivins uses the phrase "in the name of justice" to help the reader understand the values of the American people during this time period. Ivins highlights her sense of shock that the us is keeping their promise by using the phrase "in the name of justice." Ivins reveals her negative views of the forced relocation by saying that the government is forcing Navajos to move "in the name of justice. Select the answer that best contains evidence of Douglass's misery as a child. "A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege." "Never having enjoyed, to any considerable extent, her soothing presence, her tender and watchful care, I received the tidings of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger." \( \begin{array}{l}\text { The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age. } \\ \text { I come to this, from hearing my master say, some time during 1835, I was about seventeen years old. } \\ \text { "I haveno accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far } \\ \text { the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of } \\ \text { most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant." }\end{array} \) When I was a boy I strongly desired to be a pirate, and the reason for this was the absolute independence of that sort of life. Restrictions of all sorts had become onerous to me, and in my reading of the adventures of the bold sea-rovers of the main, I had unconsciously selected those portions of a pirate's life which were attractive to me, and had totally disregarded all the rest. In fact, I had a great desire to become what might be called a marine Robin Hood. I would take from the rich and give to the poor; I would run my long, low, black craft by the side of the merchantman, and when I had loaded my vessel with the rich stuffs and golden ingots which composed her cafgo, I would sail away to some poor village, and make its inhabitants prosperous and happy for the rest of their lives by a judicious distribution of my booty. Which of the following best supports the idea that Stockton felt pirates were good natured? O "I would take from the rich and give to the poor..." "I strongly desired to be a pirate, and the reason for this was the absolute independence of that sort of life." "Restrictions of all sorts had become onerous to me..." " " had unconsciously selected those portions of a pirate's life which were attractive to me, and had totally disregarded all the rest!"
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