Based on context clues in the sentence below, what does the word antagonism mean?

The boy could sense the antagonism of the crowd and tried to locate even one friendly face.

A.Opposition C. Rivalry
B.Anger D. Hopelessness

What is the purpose of the narrator’s role in the following lines:

Woman: What I'd like to know is- what are we gonna do? Just stand around here all night?
Charlie: There's nothin' else we can do! [He turns back looking toward Steve and Goodman again.] O

Look at the diagram on pg. 948-949.

What information can you gather from the school diagram that you cannot find in the written text?

In the text “What do you know about sharks?” the author organizes this selection by—

A. comparing different types of sharks
B. describing the ways that sharks are dangerous.
C. explaining more about the world’s most fear-inspiring fish
D. emphasizing th

It lives on dry dessert sand dunes on the west coast of Africa.

What change, if any, should be made to the above sentence?
 
A Change It to They
B Change dessert to desert
C Change west to West
D No change should be made in this sentence.

Based on context clues in the sentence below, what does the word converging mean?

Unaware of the tension, the young boys and girls began converging on the ice cream truck in one large group.

A. Focus C. Come together
B. Exit D.

Read the following sentence from the stage directions:

[There's a gasp from the crowd sa we cut to a shot of SALLY holding her son TOMMY. The boy at first doesn't understand and then, realizing the eyes are all on him, buries his face against his mother.

According to the text, If you are located in the main school building at the time of a hurricane, where should you go when you are told to evacuate the building?A. the storage unit
B. the assembly area
C. the tornado shelter
D. the stairwell

How are the two pieces organized differently?

A. “What do you know about sharks?” is a fictional story, and “Great White Sharks” is a biography.
B. “What do you know about sharks” revolves around several sharks and “Great White Sharks” is about one spec

What is the BEST revision to make to the following sentence:

I can walk to the bike store to get a tire fixed, and then a bike path that takes me straight to the park.



A. I can walk to the bike store to get a tire fixed and straight to the park from a

Based on context clues in the sentence below, what does the word carcass mean?

Tiger sharks will even eat a carcass. Bones from dead animals have been found in their stomachs.

The details the narrator provides in the stage directions are included in order to create what?

[The camera slowly pans across the porches again. We see a man screwing a light bulb on a front porch, then getting down off the stool to flick the switch and

3.  According to the Emergency Procedures poster on pg 949, what directions should be followed BEFORE an emergency occurs?
A. turn off the lights
B. proceed to the nearest exit
C. know evacuation routes
D. practice using fire extinguishers

What is the article "Great White Sharks" mostly about?

A. That great white sharks always mistake humans for its normal prey.
B. Correcting facts about the great white shark and discovering new facts from recent years.
C. Describing why the Great White as

Early each morning. Cool air from the ocean comes in and hits the warm coastal air.

What is the correct way to rewrite the above sentences?
 
A Early each morning the cool air from the ocean. Comes in and hits the warm coastal air.
B Early each mor

Based on context clues in the sentence below, what does the word ecosystem mean?

In an ecosystem, every creature plays a part. For example, tiny organisms such as plankton help to feed sharks.

How does Charlie deal with the situation after shooting Pete VanHorn?

TOMMY: [Jerks his head in the general direction of the distant horizon] Them!
STEVE: Them?
CHARLIE: Who are them?
TOMMY: [Very intently] Whoever was in that thing that came by overhead

4. The author organizes this selection by---
a. Comparing a hurricane watch and a hurricane warning
b. Explaining the emergency procedures when there is a weather related emergency
c.  Describing an emergency supply kit
d. Emphasizing the importance of di

How is the presentation of information different in each text?

A. “What do you know about sharks?” presents an overview of a specific shark.
B. “What do you know about sharks?” presents the reader with a general overview of sharks.
C. "Great White Shark

(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire

Based on context clues in the sentence below, what does the word artisan mean?

In this account, he told of the deaths of his beloved baby sister and his father, a talented artisan who supported the family by making clocks.

What is the effect of the following Stage Directions on the reader?

[Fade in on a shot of the night sky. The various heavenly bodies stand out in sharp, sparkling, relief. The camera moves slowly across the heavens until it passes the horizon and stops o

5.  Read the following dictionary entry: 
interior:
1.being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
2.of or pertaining to that which is within; inside: an interior view.
3.situated well inland f

Why does the author provide the graphic of a shark's anatomy in this article?

A. so that people don’t need to read the article
B. because it makes the article more interesting
C. to provide visual support to the reader
D. to distinguish the different

(1) In the times of the Middle Ages, many children dreamt of becoming a knight. (2) Usually one first became a page when one was eight years old. (3) As a page, a boy would serve his lord because he became a teenager. (4) Then he would become an esquire