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IRST EXAM FOR ELA 2024 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
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FIRST EXAM FOR ELA1.Which sentence uses an objective tone?: A garden would provide
numerous benefits to the students.
2.Look at the table Zareen created to help plan her narrative essay.
What does Zareen most need to add to her table to complete the planning for
her essay?: She needs to add to the beginning and introduce what her challenge was.
3.Read the excerpt from Iqbal.
They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We fol- lowed, but stopped at the door like a group of frightened baby chicks. We saw Iqbal's knees scrape on the stones on the ground, his arm bang against the edge of the well. The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it slowly open on rasping hinges. We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, jerking Iqbal after him. Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep: the grate of the Tomb as it was raised and then bang! as it fell closed. The sound echoed in the heavy heat of the courtyard.
Which details from the excerpt best indicate that the tomb is a frightening place? Check all that apply.: The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it open on rasping hinges.
We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep
4.Read the passage from Perseus.
"Your child!" Acrisius cried in great anger. "Who is his father?"
But when Danaë answered proudly, "Zeus," he would not believe her.
In the passage, the dialogue primarily serves to: illustrate the feelings of the characters.
5.Which phrases include sensory language? Check all that apply.: the softly drifting snow
the bumpy, twisted tree the scarred, stained rug
6.Read the opening paragraph from a formal e-mail.
The Nature Center was founded to preserve three hundred acres of woods and wetlands. Our miles of nature trails provide hours of hiking pleasure to
our visitors. Our Nature's Classroom has helped countless children gain an understanding of and appreciation for the importance of nature. Each year, we strive to earn enough donations to maintain this local treasure.This year,
in honor of the Nature Center's fiftieth birthday, our annual fundraiser will
be even more elaborate and elegant than usual.
Why can the reader conclude that this e-mail was written for a general audi-
ence?: It contains background information about the Nature Center that
a general audience would need.
7.Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry.
I had been patiently waiting, hoping that at any moment my grandmoth-
er would signal her approval of my grown-up outfit, upswept hairdo, and
high-heeled black patent shoes. Layers of forbidden makeup and dark glasses completed what I thought was the perfect disguise. The white people
would never, ever recognize me from any picture they might have seen.
What is the central idea of the excerpt?: The narrator longs to be unnoticed in public.
8.Read the excerpt from Warriors Don't Cry.
Just before the court hearing where Governor Faubus would be called to account, the nine of us were summoned to Mrs. Bates's house to meet with the press. Nothing had changed since our last meeting. The troops were still in place around the school, and every morning the crowd of segregationists grew larger. Governor Faubus was still predicting violence. Several very dignified and important-looking men sat in her living room. One
was the NAACP attorney, Wiley Branton. I recognized another man whose picture I'd seen in the newspapers: the famous lawyer Thurgood Marshall, the man who had delivered the argument that resulted in the Supreme Court's 1954 school integration ruling.
What is the author's purpose for including these details?: to inform readers about historical context
9.Read the sentence.
I was telling my dad about how much I like starting a new notebook.
Which revision best uses dialogue to show the narrator's feelings?: When I
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