A Morganism refers to an unlikely but successful sports play.
Everyone has different names for the kind of play we just witnessed. My team calls it a Morganism. That’s because one time last year, my friend Morgan jumped to make a catch, collided with another player, fell down, and still managed to snag the ball.
Based on the paragraph, what is a Morganism?
(2 points)
Responses
An unlikely but successful sports play
An unlikely but successful sports play
A difficult play in a sports setting
A difficult play in a sports setting
A humorous outcome after a tense moment
A humorous outcome after a tense moment
An upset caused by a lucky move in sports
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2. Use the sentence to answer the question.
He became class president by promising the electorate he would extend recess time.
Based on the context, who is part of this electorate?
(2 points)
Responses
All students and teachers
All students and teachers
An entire school
An entire school
Influential students in a group
Influential students in a group
The students in one class
He became class president by promising the electorate he would extend recess time.
Based on the context, who is part of this electorate?
(2 points)
Responses
All students and teachers
All students and teachers
An entire school
An entire school
Influential students in a group
Influential students in a group
The students in one class
Based on the context, the electorate consists of the students in one class.
The hearing of those wild notes always depressed my spirit, and filled me with ineffable sadness. I have frequently found myself in tears while hearing them. The mere recurrence to those songs, even now, afflicts me; and while I am writing these lines, an expression of feeling has already found its way down my cheek.
Based on the paragraph, what best describes Douglass’s tone?
(2 points)
Responses
Reflective
Reflective
Confused
Confused
Sorrowful
Sorrowful
Serious
Based on the paragraph, what best describes Douglass’s tone?
(2 points)
Responses
Reflective
Reflective
Confused
Confused
Sorrowful
Sorrowful
Serious
Based on the paragraph, the best description of Douglass’s tone is sorrowful.
That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon."
Based on the paragraph, what best describes Douglass’s tone?
(2 points)
Responses
angry
angry
informational
informational
sorrowful
sorrowful
serious
Based on the paragraph, what best describes Douglass’s tone?
(2 points)
Responses
angry
angry
informational
informational
sorrowful
sorrowful
serious
Based on the paragraph, the best description of Douglass’s tone is angry.
If any one wishes to be impressed with the soul-killing effects of slavery, let him go to Colonel Lloyd’s plantation, and, on allowance-day, place himself in the deep pine woods, and there let him, in silence, analyze the sounds that shall pass through the chambers of his soul,—and if he is not thus impressed, it will only be because “there is no flesh in his obdurate heart.”
Using context clues, what is the most-likely meaning of obdurate?
(2 points)
Responses
accepting
accepting
stubborn
stubborn
grieving
grieving
tired
Using context clues, what is the most-likely meaning of obdurate?
(2 points)
Responses
accepting
accepting
stubborn
stubborn
grieving
grieving
tired
Using context clues, the most likely meaning of obdurate is stubborn.