Question 1

Question

A)What is one advantage of using chronological order in a story?(1 point)
Responses

It challenges the reader to examine the story’s structure.
It challenges the reader to examine the story’s structure.

It keeps the story moving forward to engage the reader.
It keeps the story moving forward to engage the reader.

It allows the author to include multiple events in the plot.
It allows the author to include multiple events in the plot.

It ensures that the plot features a main conflict.
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.

Analyze the passage. What effect does the pace mainly have on the story’s ending?

(1 point)
Responses

It adds levity.
It adds levity.

It builds suspense.
It builds suspense.

It creates mystery.
It creates mystery.

It relieves tension.
A)
Use the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to answer the question.

How does the use of third-person omniscient narration demonstrate the author’s attitude toward the subject of marriage?

(1 point)
Responses

by contrasting the reactions of Elizabeth and Mr. Collins
by contrasting the reactions of Elizabeth and Mr. Collins

by describing the personalities of Elizabeth and Mr. Collins
by describing the personalities of Elizabeth and Mr. Collins

by giving context for Mr. Collins’ decision to propose to Elizabeth
by giving context for Mr. Collins’ decision to propose to Elizabeth

by omitting the perspectives of Elizabeth’s sisters
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which quotation best reveals the main character’s thoughts?

(1 point)
Responses

Rosemary peered through the dusk, and the girl gazed back at her.
Rosemary peered through the dusk, and the girl gazed back at her.

Supposing she did do one of those things she was always reading about or seeing on the stage, what would happen?
Supposing she did do one of those things she was always reading about or seeing on the stage, what would happen?

She saw a little battered creature with enormous eyes, someone quite young, no older than herself, who clutched at her coat-collar with reddened hands and shivered as though she had just come out of the water.
She saw a little battered creature with enormous eyes, someone quite young, no older than herself, who clutched at her coat-collar with reddened hands and shivered as though she had just come out of the water.

“M-madame,” stammered the voice. “Would you let me have the price of a cup of tea?”
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.

Why does Rosemary conclude that “cheques would be no use” in this situation?

(1 point)
Responses

because Miss Smith would probably not accept a check from Rosemary
because Miss Smith would probably not accept a check from Rosemary

because Rosemary has little money in her bank account
because Rosemary has little money in her bank account

because checks could not be used to give a person money
because checks could not be used to give a person money

because Miss Smith would be unlikely to have a bank account
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which evidence and explanation show how the historical setting contributes to the effect of personification in the passage?

(1 point)
Responses

“But there was no silence; all the time the motor omnibuses were turning their wheels and changing their gear; like a vast nest of Chinese boxes all of wrought steel turning ceaselessly one within another the city murmured;”

This shows how a bus of the time moved in the city.

“But there was no silence; all the time the motor omnibuses were turning their wheels and changing their gear; like a vast nest of Chinese boxes all of wrought steel turning ceaselessly one within another the city murmured;” This shows how a bus of the time moved in the city.

“Thus one couple after another with much the same irregular and aimless movement passed the flower-bed and were enveloped in layer after layer of green blue vapour, in which at first their bodies had substance and a dash of colour, but later both substance and colour dissolved in the green-blue atmosphere.”

This expresses how the people move in the garden.

“Thus one couple after another with much the same irregular and aimless movement passed the flower-bed and were enveloped in layer after layer of green blue vapour, in which at first their bodies had substance and a dash of colour, but later both substance and colour dissolved in the green-blue atmosphere.” This expresses how the people move in the garden.

“and in the drone of the aeroplane the voice of the summer sky murmured its fierce soul”

This expresses the sound of a plane of that time period.

“and in the drone of the aeroplane the voice of the summer sky murmured its fierce soul” This expresses the sound of a plane of that time period.

“So hot that even the thrush chose to hop, like a mechanical bird, in the shadow of the flowers, with long pauses between one movement and the next . . . .”

This shows a type of toy of the time period.
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.

In which case does a character’s actions challenge cultural norms?

(1 point)
Responses

Molly takes over the cannon after her husband dies.
Molly takes over the cannon after her husband dies.

The British retreat from the Battle of Monmouth.
The British retreat from the Battle of Monmouth.

Male soldiers fight at the battle of Monmouth.
Male soldiers fight at the battle of Monmouth.

An Irishman shoots the cannon during the battle.
An Irishman shoots the cannon during the battle.

Answer 1

Here are the answers to each question based on the provided prompts:

1. What is one advantage of using chronological order in a story?

   • Response: It keeps the story moving forward to engage the reader.

2. What effect does the pace mainly have on the story’s ending?

   • Response: It builds suspense.

3. How does the use of third-person omniscient narration demonstrate the author’s attitude toward the subject of marriage?

   • Response: by contrasting the reactions of Elizabeth and Mr. Collins

4. Which quotation best reveals the main character’s thoughts?

   • Response: Supposing she did do one of those things she was always reading about or seeing on the stage, what would happen?

5. Why does Rosemary conclude that “cheques would be no use” in this situation?

   • Response: because Miss Smith would probably not accept a check from Rosemary

6. Which evidence and explanation show how the historical setting contributes to the effect of personification in the passage?

   • Response: “But there was no silence; all the time the motor omnibuses were turning their wheels and changing their gear; like a vast nest of Chinese boxes all of wrought steel turning ceaselessly one within another the city murmured;” This shows how a bus of the time moved in the city.

7. In which case does a character’s actions challenge cultural norms?

   • Response: Molly takes over the cannon after her husband dies.

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