Question

Question 1
This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

Why does the author use figurative language in this story?

Responses

To convey Lucy’s admiration for fellow gardeners
To convey Lucy’s admiration for fellow gardeners

To depict Lucy’s relationship with the natural world
To depict Lucy’s relationship with the natural world

To show Lucy’s contempt for people who waste water
To show Lucy’s contempt for people who waste water

To portray Lucy’s struggle to write her paper for school
To portray Lucy’s struggle to write her paper for school
Question 2
Part B
Which excerpt from the story best supports the answer to Part A?
Responses

Green has had a terrible summer. Threatened by the longest drought and highest heat in recorded history, green has had many second thoughts. (paragraph 5)
Green has had a terrible summer. Threatened by the longest drought and highest heat in recorded history, green has had many second thoughts. (paragraph 5)

The city had a water waster hotline. It made the national news. You could turn people in for excessive watering. (paragraph 6)
The city had a water waster hotline. It made the national news. You could turn people in for excessive watering. (paragraph 6)

She knew her teacher might turn a snide nose up at it. Oh, blah blah, isn’t this rather a repeat of what you wrote last semester? (paragraph 20)
She knew her teacher might turn a snide nose up at it. Oh, blah blah, isn’t this rather a repeat of what you wrote last semester? (paragraph 20)

She loved community gardeners with purple bandannas tied around their heads. She loved their wild projects—rosemary grown so big you could hide in it. (paragraph 23)
She loved community gardeners with purple bandannas tied around their heads. She loved their wild projects—rosemary grown so big you could hide in it. (paragraph 23)

Answer 1

Part A: To depict Lucy’s relationship with the natural world.

Part B: "She loved community gardeners with purple bandannas tied around their heads. She loved their wild projects—rosemary grown so big you could hide in it." (paragraph 23)

Explanation: This figurative description (e.g., rosemary "so big you could hide in it") shows Lucy’s affectionate, imaginative connection to plants and gardening.