English 1 (S2) Cumulative Exam Review Already Passed

English 1 (S2) Cumulative Exam Review Already Passed 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 ...

English 1 (S2) Cumulative Exam Review Already Passed 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. ✔✔The 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 Abigail is writing a comparative essay about two books. She would like to write an in-depth analysis of each book and then compare them. Which organizational style would work best for Abigail? ✔✔blocking A science teacher gives the presentation assignment below. Let's make our families earth-friendly. Consider whether or not your family respects the environment. Discuss your routines and practices with your parents, and determine your family's "footprint." Then, suggest to your peers one earth-friendly effort that every family should make. Which statement best expresses a strong claim for the presentation? ✔✔Every family should buy local produce because it is more nutritious, it requires less packaging, and it promotes energy conservation. Look at the frames from Iqbal. Read the excerpt from Free the Children. "He was crying and he was confused," said the translator. I knew it could not have been all that Liaqat had said, but we had no way of probing further. "Then what happened?" I asked. "They were taken to the police station. They put their thumbs on a blank sheet of paper and were told to leave." Which statement best describes a similarity in purpose between the frames and excerpt? ✔✔Both inform the reader that Faryad and Liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station. 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. Which statement best describes the change in Neto since the beginning of the story? ✔✔Neto is fully committed to putting an end to the racist comments coming from the fans. How is the poem "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" different from the memoir My Story? Check all that apply. ✔✔The poem describes a single scene; the memoir describes many scenes. The poem uses few words; the memoir uses many words. The poem has short lines and stanzas; the memoir is written in prose paragraphs. The poem shows an outsider's point of view of Rosa Parks; the memoir does not. The poem compares Rosa Parks's gaze to a flame; the memoir does not. Read the excerpt from Iqbal. Hussain Khan looked at us and growled, "What do you think you're looking at? Get back to work." We bent to our looms, but then we quickly peeked over our shoulders. Hussain brought the new boy over to an empty loom in the row next to mine, pulled out a rusty shackle, and locked it on the boy's right ankle. "This will be your place, here's where you'll work," he said. Based on the excerpt, which inference can be made about the setting? ✔✔Children are used to working in unfair conditions. Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game." "Dear me," said the general, quite unruffled, "again that unpleasant word. But I think I can show you that your scruples are quite ill founded." "Yes?" "Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I not use my gift? If I wish to hunt, why should I not? I hunt the scum of the earth—sailors from tramp ships—lascars, blacks, Chinese, whites, mongrels—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them." What does Zaroff say to show that he places little value on human life? ✔✔"—a thoroughbred horse or hound is worth more than a score of them." Read the excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: If they do see thee, they will murder thee. Romeo: Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. Juliet: I would not for the world they saw thee here. Romeo: I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love How are the themes of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar? ✔✔Both present forbidden love. Read the excerpt from Part 2 of "The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connell. Dusk came, then darkness, and still he pressed on. The ground grew softer under his moccasins; the vegetation grew ranker, denser; insects bit him savagely. Then, as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back, but the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. With a violent effort, he tore his feet loose. He knew where he was now. The descriptive language presents a visual image of a place that is____________. ✔✔dangerous Read this paragraph from The Dark Game. When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster." She was in her early forties and unmarried. What could she do, she wondered, to serve her country? The answer came to her when she recalled her father's aunt Letitia telling her how she had ministered to the captured troops of the Continental army during the American Revolution, especially those who had been wounded in action. What is the best summary of this paragraph? ✔✔Elizabeth Van Lew wanted to help during the Civil War and drew inspiration from a relative who had taken care of wounded Revolutionary soldiers. Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference. Neto was waiting by Andy's locker the next morning. "He had tears in his eyes," Andy remembers. "He said that adult fans were swearing at the Mexican players and that it wasn't fair. He was really hurting. He said, 'Is there any way you can help?' I told him I'd try." When Neto left, Andy walked into the principal's office and repeated Neto's story. He asked for the school's support in dealing with the crowd. "The principal told me he hadn't heard adults say those things," Andy recalls. "He said some of the parents would have to call him and complain before the school administration could get involved. He said Neto had probably heard it out of context anyway." Andy stormed out angrily. How is Andy affected by the conflict that Neto experiences? ✔✔He sympathizes with Neto and decides to try to help. Participants in a formal discussion use language that is________. ✔✔sophisticated Read this excerpt from The Dark Game. Another thing that changed very little in the years between the wars was the means of obtaining military intelligence. Although the use of photography and the telegraph brought some technological advances, the craft of spying on the enemy's army still relied on fieldwork. In the rest of the text, how does the author develop this central idea that spying during the Civil War still involved mostly fieldwork? ✔✔by including more detailed information about who did fieldwork for the Union and how it was done Review the information in the chart about the problems of turning stories into films. What solution best completes the chart? ✔✔Add dialogue or a voice-over. Read this paragraph from The Dark Game. It may seem surprising that no Confederate sympathizers took action against Van Lew, given her strong and public views on secession and slavery. Surely there were suspicions, especially among her upper-crust neighbors, but the matter never went beyond those suspicions. Historians have suggested that the secessionists were victims of their own cultural bias, believing that no aristocratic person, and certainly not a lady, would ever consider taking part in anything as impolite as spying. A true lady managed her servants, prepared parties and gatherings, and blindly supported her husband. Such attitudes worked in Van Lew's favor, diverting suspicion from her. What central idea is implied in this paragraph? ✔✔Elizabeth Van Lew was a successful spy because society did not expect a lady to serve in that role. Read the passage from "Lather and Nothing Else." And so, which will it be? Murderer or hero? My fate hangs on the edge of this razor blade. I can turn my wrist slightly, put a bit more pressure on the blade, let it sink in. The skin will yield like silk, like rubber, like the strop. There is nothing more tender than a man's skin, and the blood is always there, ready to burst forth. A razor like this cannot fail. It is the best one I have. How does the figurative language in the underlined sentence build a tense mood? ✔✔It creates a visual image and shows how easily the barber could hurt the ca Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan's Address at Moscow State University. But I hope you know I go on about these things not simply to extol the virtues of my own country but to speak to the true greatness of the heart and soul of your land. Who, after all, needs to tell the land of Dostoyevsky about the quest for truth, the home of Kandinsky and Scriabin about imagination, the rich and noble culture of the Uzbek man of letters Alisher Navoi about beauty and heart? The great culture of your diverse land speaks with a glowing passion to all humanity. Which statement about this excerpt is correct? ✔✔Reagan uses allusion to remind his audiences of Russia Central ideas are the most_______ideas in a text. ✔✔important An author may use dialogue to provide the reader with ✔✔indirect characterization Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi." Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts. This excerpt is an example of which kind of characterization? ✔✔indirect characterization, because it is showing Della's pride in her long hair Which sentence is written correctly? ✔✔Milo's puppies are still with their mother. Which are examples of an expository writing style? Check all that apply. ✔✔More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception. Other attacks include the use of viruses and Trojan horses. Only a small fraction of the information flowing around the world is securely encrypted. Which literary elements define narrative poetry? Check all that apply. ✔✔rhythm and rhyme figurative language plot and setting characters Nate is writing an essay arguing that the football program at his school should be canceled for safety reasons. Which is the most effective claim for his argument? ✔✔Our school should not have a football team because research shows that twenty percent of students will suffer at least one concussion during their high school playing career, which can have dangerous and permanent effects.