Match the root word to a syllable to create a new word.

1. pre / scend

2. de / cept

3. ex / pute

4. dis / dict

Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job. No one would have blamed Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks if they had decided to keep quiet about civil rights following the bombing of their friend's home. But Audrey's parents weren't intimidated.

Which of the following sentences best defines paraphrasing? A. When paraphrasing, you shorten a passage to omit repetition. B. When paraphrasing, you rewrite a passage in your own words. C. When paraphrasing, you state the main idea of a passage. D.

What does "extravagant" mean

What are the conflicts in the Black Cat? What types of conflict do you see in this story?

Which type of figurative language uses the words like or as to express a comparison between two things? A. Assonance B. Personification C. Metaphor D. Simile

Identify the type of organization used in most narrative paragraphs

Read the excerpt from "Perseus." He was bound, although he did not know it, to the blessed country of the Hyperboreans, at the back of the North Wind, of which it is said: "Neither by ship nor yet by land shall one find the wondrous road to the

Debate on youth of today are to blame for not taking education seriously

How is betrayal shown in the book Half Blood Blues

F Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of college to ... a) begin writing b) get married c) join the army d) work for his father