Explain Personification: The old house sighed, its wooden frame groaning in the storm's fury. Rain hammered against the windows like angry fists, and the wind howled, a mournful sound that seemed to come from the very depths of the night.
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The Bridge: Read the text. Determine the theme. What passage supports your reasoning? + 5 bonus
Preparation and teamwork are the keys to success.
When someone was rude to Tom, he responded quite abrasively. What does abrasively mean? How can you tell?
harsh
soft
calm
polite
According to the timeline, what was invented first: the ballpoint pen or the fortune cookie?
fortune cookie
Read the bridge passage. What happened first?
The bridge was successful.
They worked on it over two days.
They made plans for building a bridge.
toothpicks snapped
My dad changed the tire on his old car. Identify the homograph, and what the other meaning of that word is.
his
old
tire
car
If you take your Halloween candy to class, you may want to conceal it so others won't take it. What does conceal most likely mean?
hide
eat it
throw away
leave it at home
Based on the odor, I could tell something wasn't right in the classroom. Did an animal die in there? Has Jari farted again without excusing himself? Hesitantly, I opened the door. What does Hesitantly mean? How do you know?
quickly
loudly
playfully
cautiously
As I opened the door to my classroom, the mystery smell intensified. What is another word I could use for intensified?
decreased
escalated
annoyed
dwindled
As the smell got worse, we moved with a sense of urgency away from the room. What is a possible synonym for the urgency? What tells you that?
importance
anger
bravery
fright
Mason thought it wasn't fair that he couldn't have dessert. What is the homograph in this sentence? What is the other meaning for this homograph?
dessert
have
fair
thought
Read Visual Aid. What do you think the theme of the story is? How do you know for a bonus 5 points?
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