Use the text below to answer the question that follows.
A Trip to the South
Cassie had never been to the South before. She had only heard stories from her aunts and uncles about the food, music, and dances. She had also heard about the famous swamplands. Cassie was very interested in the marshes and wetlands of Louisiana. She hoped one day to become a biologist. This trip her family was taking to Louisiana was especially exciting for her. Cassie hoped it would be one step on the path to her goal.
Not only had Cassie never been to the South, but she also had never seen a swamp before. Her family pulled into town late that night, and her dad stopped the car at one end of a long bridge. Cassie could not see too much. She knew the next day everything in the swamp would come to life. Still, the swamp at night had a magic and mystery all its own.
At the bridge, Cassie stood for a few minutes waiting for her eyes to adjust. A jagged ridge of trees cut across the star-filled evening sky. She listened as the swamp chirped and croaked with frogs and insects. Cassie could only imagine how many millions of little animals lived out in the water and the trees. The moon was rising behind her and cast a glistening beam of sparkling light across the water. Her skin tingled, and her heart began thumping. She had a feeling this was going to be a good trip.
What does the sensory language at the end of paragraph 3 convey about Cassie?
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She becomes very bored.
She wants to leave.
She gets nervous.
She begins to feel excited.
The sensory language at the end of paragraph 3 conveys that Cassie begins to feel excited. The description of her skin tingling and her heart thumping suggests that she is experiencing a sense of anticipation and wonder about the swamp and the magical atmosphere surrounding her.
Use the text below to answer the question that follows.
The house on the corner of Gurley Street and Grand Avenue sat abandoned for more than ten years. The kids in the neighborhood believed that it was haunted.
“My big brother told me that one night he was out riding his bike by that empty house and he saw someone looking out of the windows!” Doraze said. “When he looked again, there was no one there.”
“Well, my sister and some of her friends snuck inside the house one day. She said they found a bunch of empty cans and food wrappers, like someone had been living there.”
“What’s so suspicious about that, Todd?”
“No one ever comes in or out of that house, Charlyssa! Who took the food in? Better yet, who came out to get some?”
The kids were so busy arguing that they almost missed the battered old truck that pulled up to the house on Gurley and Grand.
What clues from the passage tell the reader what genre it is?
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Its verses are written in iambic pentameter.
The passage includes facts and true events.
The passage includes special stage directions.
The characters in the story use dialogue.
The passage includes dialogue among the characters, which is a clue that the genre is fiction. This type of interaction between characters who are sharing stories and discussing events is typical in works of fiction.
Use the text below to answer the question that follows.
The house on the corner of Gurley Street and Grand Avenue sat abandoned for more than ten years. The kids in the neighborhood believed that it was haunted.
“My big brother told me that one night he was out riding his bike by that empty house and he saw someone looking out of the windows!” Doraze said. “When he looked again, there was no one there.”
“Well, my sister and some of her friends snuck inside the house one day. She said they found a bunch of empty cans and food wrappers, like someone had been living there.”
“What’s so suspicious about that, Todd?”
“No one ever comes in or out of that house, Charlyssa! Who took the food in? Better yet, who came out to get some?”
The kids were so busy arguing that they almost missed the battered old truck that pulled up to the house on Gurley and Grand.
What clues from the passage tell the reader what genre it is?
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A. Its verses are written in iambic pentameter.
B. The passage includes facts and true events.
C. The passage includes special stage directions.
d. The characters in the story use dialogue.
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The characters in the story use dialogue, which is a clue that the genre is fiction. This type of interaction between characters is common in works of fiction.
Use the poem below to answer the question that follows.
There was an Old Man who said, "Well!"
by Edward Lear
There was an Old Man who said, "Well!
Will nobody answer this bell?
I have pulled day and night,
till my hair has grown white,
But nobody answers this bell!"
Which elements help the reader identify this poetic form?
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its length and rhyme scheme
its use of dialogue
its use of punctuation and rhythm
its subject matter