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How does the author organize the passage?
"I will never forget the day I picked a new name. I was standing in front of my class on my first day of school at Craig Elementary in St. Louis, Missouri. I had, only a day before, landed at Lambert airport after a 16-hour flight from Seoul, South Korea."
Question 1 options:
Flashback
Cause and Effect
Action and Reaction
Series of Chronological Events
Question 2 (1 point)
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How does the author get from idea to idea in the following passage?
"When I want to study, they make a terrible racket. And when I brush my teeth in the morning, they bang on the bathroom door. But I have made my peace with these brothers."
Question 2 options:
She uses transition words to show cause and effect.
She uses transition words to show a series of events.
She uses transition words to show flashback.
She uses transition words to show action and reaction.
Question 3 (1 point)
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Which line is correctly punctuated?
Question 3 options:
My sister had a ballet performance and my brother had an orchestra concert.
My sister had a ballet performance, and my brother had an orchestra concert.
My sister, had a ballet performance and my brother, had an orchestra concert.
My sister had a ballet performance, and my brother had an orchestra concert?
Question 4 (1 point)
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Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"None of these chocolate-broccoli muffins __________ good, either."
Question 4 options:
is
are
Question 5 (1 point)
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Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"The cracked windshield, in addition to the torn upholstery and rusted body, __________ made Ruth's old car difficult to sell."
Question 5 options:
has
have
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Question 1 (1 point)
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How does the author get from idea to idea in the following passage?
"For months, the shoes sit at the foot of the stairs in my group house, parked next to my roommates' sneakers and sandals. Week by week, they are buried as other things accumulate. I don't notice."
Question 1 options:
She uses transitions to show the passage of time.
She uses transitions to show cause and effect.
She uses transitions to show action and reaction.
She uses transitions to show a series of events.
Question 2 (1 point)
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Which line has incorrect capitalization?
Question 2 options:
He asked me where I had bought my jacket.
She gave Peter a present for his birthday.
She lives in Southern Europe.
Have you ever attended the Technoland Convergence Festival?
Question 3 (1 point)
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Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"This week's National Inquisitor claims that there __________ photographs of the Loch Ness Monster eating Elvis."
Question 3 options:
is
are
Question 4 (1 point)
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How does the author organize the passage?
"He chased Mikey and me around the yellow house and up a backyard path 12 we knew by heart: under a low tree, up a bank, through a hedge, down some snowy steps, and across the grocery store's delivery driveway. We smashed through a gap in another hedge, entered a scruffy backyard and ran around its back porch and tight between houses to Edgerton Avenue; we ran across Edgerton to an alley and up our own sliding woodpile to the Halls' front yard; he kept coming. We ran up Lloyd Street and wound through mazy backyards toward the steep hilltop at Willard and Lang."
Question 4 options:
Flashback
Cause and Effect
Action and Reaction
Series of Chronological Events
Question 5 (1 point)
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Which line is correctly punctuated?
Question 5 options:
On the first day of school Victor stood in line, half an hour, before he came to a wobbly card table.
On the first day of school Victor stood in line half an hour, before he came to a wobbly card table.
On the first day of school Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table.
On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table.
Listen
How does the author get from idea to idea in the following passage?
"For months, the shoes sit at the foot of the stairs in my group house, parked next to my roommates' sneakers and sandals. Week by week, they are buried as other things accumulate. I don't notice."
Question 1 options:
She uses transitions to show the passage of time.
She uses transitions to show cause and effect.
She uses transitions to show action and reaction.
She uses transitions to show a series of events.
Question 2 (1 point)
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Which line has incorrect capitalization?
Question 2 options:
He asked me where I had bought my jacket.
She gave Peter a present for his birthday.
She lives in Southern Europe.
Have you ever attended the Technoland Convergence Festival?
Question 3 (1 point)
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Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"This week's National Inquisitor claims that there __________ photographs of the Loch Ness Monster eating Elvis."
Question 3 options:
is
are
Question 4 (1 point)
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How does the author organize the passage?
"He chased Mikey and me around the yellow house and up a backyard path 12 we knew by heart: under a low tree, up a bank, through a hedge, down some snowy steps, and across the grocery store's delivery driveway. We smashed through a gap in another hedge, entered a scruffy backyard and ran around its back porch and tight between houses to Edgerton Avenue; we ran across Edgerton to an alley and up our own sliding woodpile to the Halls' front yard; he kept coming. We ran up Lloyd Street and wound through mazy backyards toward the steep hilltop at Willard and Lang."
Question 4 options:
Flashback
Cause and Effect
Action and Reaction
Series of Chronological Events
Question 5 (1 point)
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Which line is correctly punctuated?
Question 5 options:
On the first day of school Victor stood in line, half an hour, before he came to a wobbly card table.
On the first day of school Victor stood in line half an hour, before he came to a wobbly card table.
On the first day of school Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table.
On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table.
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
Here are the answers to your questions:
**Question 1:** How does the author organize the passage?
**Answer:** Series of Chronological Events
(The passage describes events that happen in sequence: arriving at the airport and then the first day at school.)
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**Question 2:** How does the author get from idea to idea in the following passage?
**Answer:** She uses transition words to show action and reaction.
(The passage reflects the author's actions and the reactions of her brothers in various situations, demonstrating a relationship between the two.)
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**Question 3:** Which line is correctly punctuated?
**Answer:** My sister had a ballet performance, and my brother had an orchestra concert.
(This sentence correctly uses a comma before "and" to separate two independent clauses.)
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**Question 4:** Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"None of these chocolate-broccoli muffins __________ good, either."
**Answer:** are
(The subject "muffins" is plural, so the plural verb "are" agrees with it.)
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**Question 5:** Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"The cracked windshield, in addition to the torn upholstery and rusted body, __________ made Ruth's old car difficult to sell."
**Answer:** has
(The main subject is "The cracked windshield," which is singular, so it takes the singular verb "has.")
**Question 1:** How does the author organize the passage?
**Answer:** Series of Chronological Events
(The passage describes events that happen in sequence: arriving at the airport and then the first day at school.)
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**Question 2:** How does the author get from idea to idea in the following passage?
**Answer:** She uses transition words to show action and reaction.
(The passage reflects the author's actions and the reactions of her brothers in various situations, demonstrating a relationship between the two.)
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**Question 3:** Which line is correctly punctuated?
**Answer:** My sister had a ballet performance, and my brother had an orchestra concert.
(This sentence correctly uses a comma before "and" to separate two independent clauses.)
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**Question 4:** Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"None of these chocolate-broccoli muffins __________ good, either."
**Answer:** are
(The subject "muffins" is plural, so the plural verb "are" agrees with it.)
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**Question 5:** Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"The cracked windshield, in addition to the torn upholstery and rusted body, __________ made Ruth's old car difficult to sell."
**Answer:** has
(The main subject is "The cracked windshield," which is singular, so it takes the singular verb "has.")
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
Here are the answers to your questions:
**Question 1:** How does the author get from idea to idea in the following passage?
**Answer:** She uses transitions to show the passage of time.
(The passage describes the accumulation of items over time and how the shoes are forgotten amidst them.)
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**Question 2:** Which line has incorrect capitalization?
**Answer:** She lives in Southern Europe.
("Southern" should be capitalized as it refers to a specific region, but this phrase is generally accepted as correct. Depending on the context, it can be argued whether capitalization is needed. The other sentences are correct as is without any capitalization issues.)
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**Question 3:** Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"This week's National Inquisitor claims that there __________ photographs of the Loch Ness Monster eating Elvis."
**Answer:** are
(The subject "photographs" is plural, so "are" is the correct choice.)
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**Question 4:** How does the author organize the passage?
**Answer:** Series of Chronological Events
(The passage details a sequence of events in which the narrator and his friends run around various locations.)
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**Question 5:** Which line is correctly punctuated?
**Answer:** On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table.
(This sentence correctly uses a comma after the introductory phrase.)
**Question 1:** How does the author get from idea to idea in the following passage?
**Answer:** She uses transitions to show the passage of time.
(The passage describes the accumulation of items over time and how the shoes are forgotten amidst them.)
---
**Question 2:** Which line has incorrect capitalization?
**Answer:** She lives in Southern Europe.
("Southern" should be capitalized as it refers to a specific region, but this phrase is generally accepted as correct. Depending on the context, it can be argued whether capitalization is needed. The other sentences are correct as is without any capitalization issues.)
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**Question 3:** Which verb agrees with the subject of the sentence?
"This week's National Inquisitor claims that there __________ photographs of the Loch Ness Monster eating Elvis."
**Answer:** are
(The subject "photographs" is plural, so "are" is the correct choice.)
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**Question 4:** How does the author organize the passage?
**Answer:** Series of Chronological Events
(The passage details a sequence of events in which the narrator and his friends run around various locations.)
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**Question 5:** Which line is correctly punctuated?
**Answer:** On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half an hour before he came to a wobbly card table.
(This sentence correctly uses a comma after the introductory phrase.)
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