What is the first thing you do when working with an informational text?

What do you do when you read the questions in the editing section?

How do you identify fiction from informational texts?

What is the first thing you need to do when you get to the essay portion of the test?

In what famous Beyonce hit do we hear the lyrics:
"I've got hot sauce in my bag. Swag"

Paragraph 3: "Goldman points out that yawning has been observed in many species of vertebrates, including dogs, cats, chimpanzees, and birds. But why do we yawn? Does it serve any real purpose (besides, perhaps, subtly hinting to a conference presenter that his or her allotted speaking time has elapsed)?"

In paragraph 3, which word means “passed” or “slipped by”?
a. observed
b. elapsed
c. allotted
d. subtly

When annotating a REVISION passage, what should you also do after highlighting the sentences of the passage?

What skill requires your to make deductions about characters,plot, theme, and symbols based on clues within a story?

Name the 2 components of an introduction.

In what famous Beyonce hit do we hear the lyrics:
"looking like an animal with cameras all in my grill"

Which line suggests that seeing someone else yawn is not the only way to experience
contagious yawning?

f. As I did the research for this column, I noticed that nearly every article about yawning pointed out that just reading the article itself could make you yawn.
g. Goldman points out that yawning has been observed in many species of vertebrates, including dogs, cats, chimpanzees, and birds.
h. At extremely high temperatures, yawning again decreased, perhaps because yawns don’t help when the temperature is too warm.
j. Humans who are likely to be more empathetic also exhibit more contagious yawning, so maybe yawning is contagious between humans and dogs for similar reasons.

(4) He needed to make an appoinment for the dentist, but they were completely booked.

What change should be made to sentence 4?
a. Delete the comma after dentist
b. Change dentist to Dentist
c. Change appoinment to appointment
d. No change should be made to sentence 4

Paragraph 3: "I wasn’t aware of not hearing until I began to wear a hearing aid at the age of 30. It shattered my peace: shoes creaking, papers crackling, pencils tapping, phones ringing, refrigerators humming, people cracking knuckles, clearing throats and blowing noses! Cars, bikes, dogs, cats, kids all seemed to appear from nowhere and fly right at me.

Why does the author use sensory images in paragraph 3?
a. To illustrate that hearing so well was disturbing
b. To describe her irrational fear of sound
c. To prove that she really didn’t need a hearing aid
d. To communicate that she was frequently interrupted

Name the 3 components of a body paragraph.

In what famous Beyonce hit do we hear the lyrics:
"Everything you own in the box to the left"

Paragraph 3: "Goldman points out that yawning has been observed in many species of vertebrates, including dogs, cats, chimpanzees, and birds. But why do we yawn? Does it serve any real purpose (besides, perhaps, subtly hinting to a conference presenter that his or her allotted speaking time has elapsed)?"

The author uses an aside in paragraph 3 to —
a. supply additional information
b. provide some humor
c. criticize public speakers
d. give an example

(2) They enjoyed playing video games, bowling, and watched movies together.

What is the most effective way to revise sentence 2?
a. They enjoyed playing video games, they bowled and watched movies together.
b. They enjoyed playing video games, bowling, and watching movies together.
c. They enjoyed playing video games and watched movies together and bowling.
d. They enjoyed playing video games, while they also enjoyed movie watching and bowling.

Read this sentence from paragraph 15.

"We’re all just temporarily abled, and every one of us, if we live long enough, will become disabled in some way."

The author makes this statement to suggest that —
a. she really isn’t very different from other people
b. disabilities are affecting people with increasing frequency
c. she was fortunate to have developed her disability at a young age
d. people should prepare themselves for becoming deaf

Explain logical linking.

In what famous Beyonce hit do we hear the lyrics:
"I don't think your ready for this jelly"

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(7) He used a wheelchair to get around. (8) He
communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8?
a. He used a wheelchair to get around and communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.
b. He used a wheelchair to get around, he communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.
c. Using a wheelchair to get around and communicating through a sophisticated computer system, he responded to his eye movements.
d. He used a wheelchair to get around, which communicated through a sophisticated computer system that responded to his eye movements.

Paragraph 9: "For the first time, I felt unequal, disadvantaged and disabled. Now that I had something to compare, I knew that I had lost something: not just my hearing, but my independence and my sense of wholeness. I had always hated to be seen as inferior, so I never mentioned my lack of hearing.Unlike a wheelchair or a white cane, my disability doesn't announce itself. For most of my life, I chose to pass as abled, and I thought I did it quite well."

In paragraph 9, the author suggests that when she started using a hearing aid, she —
A felt better prepared for job interviews
B was able to enjoy watching television
C experienced a sense of loss
D was embarrassed about wearing it

What is the "mic drop" of your essay?

In what famous Beyonce hit do we hear the lyrics:
"I'm not gon' give up. I'm not gon' stop. I'm gon' work harder"