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Wild Plum Jelly
Tracy Wilson

1 In the winter of 1976, when I was only four years old, my family moved into a modest home in a growing Greenville neighborhood. Upon a slope on one side of the house, stood a dozen tree sprigs looking rather bald and barren. By springtime, however, the little trees began growing taller and bushier by the day. Upon exploring the hillside in mid-July, I noticed hundreds of quarter-sized, pinkish orbs dangling, daring me to pick just one. Of course, I did.

2Plums? I questioned. Yes, plums. she reiterated. She explained that these were not the same as the deeply colored, voluptuous kind I had seen in the market. These were a smaller and much sourer variety.

3 Knowing that they were safe, I ate enough that one afternoon to give me a stomach ache that lasted two days. As the plums became riper and sweeter, my grandma and I picked enough to fill two enormous buckets. She taught me to make jelly from the tiny fruits which we could enjoy all winter long.

4 Years later, I was driving down a long, winding highway when I noticed several wild plum trees lining the hedgerow. I had to pull over. I picked a heaping handful. As I sat there on the side of the highway, I basked in the tartness of my childhood fruit and in the sweetness of the memory of making jelly with the greatest woman I have ever known.

Read the passage on the left to answer the following questions:

7)
Wild Plum Jelly (Another Point of View)

When Tracy was just a little girl, maybe four years old, she came to visit my home just around the time my wild plum tree was bearing fruit. The plums were pinkish little spheres just begging for Tracy's little hands to pick them. When she grabbed one, I explained to her that the plums were edible and safe, but that they didn't taste like the rich, delicious plums at the grocery store. They were a little sour!

But their sour taste didn't stop little Tracy at all. She ate so many plums that she got a stomach-ache! Mercy! After she got better, I taught Tracy to make wild plum jellies. I hope that one day she can remember the good times we had together when she was young.
What do these two accounts of an early event in Tracy's life have in common?
A) Tracy's story is tinted with a tone of sadness, but the grandmother's story is mostly happy in tone.
B) The grandmother's story mentions that they picked apples instead of plum, but Tracy's story mentions only plums.
C) Tracy's story is a memory of picking plums with her grandmother, and the grandmother's story is a similarly happy memory.
D) The grandmother's story shows that she didn't enjoy picking plums, but Tracy's account shows that she had a really good time.
8)
Which text structure BEST describes how the author has organized the passage?
A) sequential
B) cause and effect
C) compare and contrast
D) problem and solution

Answer

the first one is C

The 2nd one is A

Explanation:

In which sentence do all of the common nouns, and only the common nouns, appear in boldface?

A. I learned to ride at the ranch last July.
B. The eager horses quickly lined up at the gate.
C. The trainer, Joe Asch, slipped my foot into the stirrup.
D. "Rochelle," she said, "you will be just fine."

There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?

Which sentence uses the word endangered incorrectly?

A The river was endangered by fertilizer runoff after the rain.
B The changing climate endangered all animals from the north and south pole.
C The pack of wolves endangered the lost woman in the forest.
D He feels endangered when he sees a movie about the ice caps melting.

The idea of paying a price is the meaning of the word _______

Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

She was entirely unlike any other white woman I had ever seen. I could not approach her as I was accustomed to approach other white ladies. My early instruction was all out of place. The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.

Which sentence from this excerpt best illustrates Frederick Douglass’s use of strong adjectives and verbs?

The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.
My early instruction was all out of place.
She was entirely unlike any other white woman I had ever seen.
I could not approach her as I was accustomed to approach other white ladies.

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In paragraph 21 of Selection 2, the author uses the words high , plump , and lacy to suggest


A)beauty.


B)calmness.


C)comfort.


D)warmth

(the parageahp)
He began by thinking about his bed in London. It was high. It was plump. It had lacy pillows. . . . By the time Laurence thought of the pillows, he was fast asleep.

The candidate began to hedge while talking about his recent actions.
1.Take an insincere position for political gain
2. avoid giving a direct answer or firm commitment
3. change a stated opinion to the opposite side
4. attract increasing numbers of followers

if your sentence starts with a number should you still capitalize the first letter or not?
Example (answer with 1 is 1 is right. same with 2.)
1.85 People came to see this movie
2.85 people came to see this movie

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Using what you know about the words "decompose," "descent," and "deport," the prefix "de" means

to go forward
to build or form
to be empty
to do the opposite of

A brown bird sang on a blossomy tree,
Sang in the moonshine, merrily,
Three little songs, one, two, and three,
A song for his wife, for himself, and me.
The passage is MOST LIKELY which of these?
A) act
B) book
C) chapter
D) stanza

What does the repetition in the stanzas emphasize in Selection 1?


A)the length of the speaker’s journey


B)the strength of the speaker’s feelings


C)the dullness of the speaker’s occupation


D)the desperation of the speaker’s situation


(the paragrph)

Sea Fever



I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.


I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.


I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn¹ from a laughing fellow-rover²,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

What is the author's tone of this paragraph from "The Gift of the Magi" (Hint: This occurs at the very end of the story when Della and Jim realize that they traded their prized possessions for each other.)?

The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise men—who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

amazement
unkind
admiration
disrespectful

In paragraph 1 of selection 2, the use of quotation marks with the word " dangers " presents the author’s tone as
A)concerned.


B)indifferent.


C)questioning.


D)sarcastic.


(the paragraph)

1 When crime spikes in a city, one of the first things local governments propose is enforcing a teen curfew. Officials often use emotional arguments that teens either aren’t safe at night or are causing trouble. A curfew, they say, will help reduce crime and save children from all sorts of “dangers.”

The devil is also called the:
Tempter
Genesis
Death

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*URGENT!*
When it comes to research goals, students should be able to explain how they are going to

set them.
decipher them.
meet them.
research them.

(Brainliest will be given for correct answer)

How do Samantha's asides contribute to the meaning of the drama?
Click to read the play.
A. They describe her true feelings about the family yogurt business.
OB. They tell what Samantha will do with the
money
she earns.
O C. They reveal how Samantha narrows the focus of her job hunt.
O D. They explain why Samantha values Nadia's opinions.

Mia wants to write an essay about the different pieces of equipment needed for horseback riding. Which detail would best support Mia's purpose? A. It can cost over $100 a month to keep a horse, but some stable owners will offer a reduced rate if you are willing to help out around the barn. B. The most crucial safety tip a rider must always follow is wearing a properly fitted helmet. C. Reins are leather straps that attach the horse's mouth to the rider's hands to help guide the horse. D. My first horse, Ella, was an American quarter horse with brown hair and a black mane.

The Help (If you don't know the answer don't answer)

Celia has never had a maid before so Minny has to ______________________.

What sort of stimulus might a person seek if he or she were sleepy?

Highlight word choices that show viewpoint in the passage.

But Kircher’s ideas about the hieroglyphs themselves were even farther off the mark than those of Horapollo. Looking at a certain group of symbols—which actually stood for the name of a pharaoh—Kircher let his imagination run wild
. . . From 1650 onward, Kircher produced several volumes of such nonsense.

—The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin

Based on the passage, what is the author’s view of Kircher’s ideas?

His ideas were better than Horapollo’s.
His ideas are the same as the author’s.
His ideas were the same as the pharaoh’s.
His ideas were worse than Horapollo’s.

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Misty hoped to get another letter from her friend Donna. Misty met Donna at a softball tournament in Dallas, Texas. Donna promised to send Misty pictures of her family and friends.
What word in the passage tells the reader that Mitsy had received other letters from Donna?
A) another
B) get
C) hope
D) promised
20)
Which prefix can be added to the root word fire to mean 'to fail to fire correctly'?
A) dis-
B) mis-
C) not-
D) un-

I have not done these in a while, what do i do with a 3 source essay? How should i write it?

Which word is most clearly used denotatively?

A well-groomed cat has a delightful fragrance, while dogs are typically. Filthy and inclined to stink.

A. Stink
B. Dogs
C. Fragrance
D. typically

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or a sentence. In line 10 of Selection 2, the author uses assonance in the phrase “crisp grid of ruin” to


A)illustrate the humorous tone of the speaker.


B)describe the coldness of the air outside the bus.


C)imply the unsympathetic point of view of the town’s demolishers.


D)emphasize the irony of seeing the orderliness of the piles of rubble.

(the POEM)
I look at a town of rubble beyond the passing trees.

10 Broken bricks and shattered shingles lie in a crisp grid of ruin.

This ancient village has prospered and faded, now felled by the axe of progress,

But is here for now.

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HOW IS THE MILITARY DIFFERENT TODAY THAN THE 1800s
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The story is Gideon
Check the boxes that describe the setting of the story.

wine press
altar of Baal
wheat fields
Ephraim
farm in Ophrah
Manasseh

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Which selection best supports the central idea that there are good reasons to be awake during the day?
A. Humans are diurnal.
B. It can also be a good thing to avoid the sun.
C. Sunshine provides much-needed vitamin D and also makes us feel good.
D. It's normal to be awake during the day and sleep at night.
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