When the author states that “….” she means that…
Read this sentence from the article.
If an enemy attacks, the fish flares its top and front fins like sabers and leaps at the
attacker to scare it off.
What does the word sabers mean?
Which words from the article have almost the same meaning?
How does the author organize the article about Gail Devers? – Patterns and Organization
How does the author organize the article “Swing is the Thing!”?
Read this sentence from the essay.
A thousand pictures flashed through my mind, but one scene came sharply into view.
The words came sharply into view are closest in meaning to the words
Read these sentences from the essay.
I put Poppa’s card back in the drawer, closed it with a vengeance. I couldn’t wait to
get back into the campaign.
The author uses the phrase with a vengeance to show that he is
Read this sentence from the article.
But even if they couldn’t see, bats that use echolocation could still detect tiny objects
in their environment because the sounds they emit bounce back to them, telling them
what lies ahead as they flit through the air.
What does emit mean in this sentence?
In paragraph 3 what does the word torrential mean?
In paragraph 11, what is meant by the author's statement "The victory, however, was only partial"?
Read the following dictionary entry for the word report.
Which definition represents the meaning of the word report as
used in paragraph 7 of the story?
The setting of the story is important because it helps the reader understand —
Read the dictionary entry in the box below.
giddy ('gi-de¯) adj. 1. Dizzy 2. Whirling rapidly 3. Silly 4. Joyfully elated
Which definition applies to the word giddiness as it is used in paragraph 3?
What does the phrase “ramped it up” mean as it is used in paragraph 16?
What is the meaning of the word retrieved as it is used in paragraph 3?
Read these lines from the poem. It has borne the canoes of Mohicans and Senecas and the
ships of explorers from a distant world. Based on these lines, what does the word borne
mean?
Read this sentence from the article. The player applied his or her fingers to the wet rims
of the bowls, producing soft, clear tones similar to the sounds you get when you run
your finger around the wet rim of a water goblet. In which sentence does the word applied
have the same meaning that it has in the sentence from the article? 11% A. The same rule applied
to both problems. 74% B.
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The nurse applied the ointment to her skin.6% C. His brother
applied for admission to school.9% D. She applied herself in order to learn to play chess.
Read this sentence from the passage.
Others hurled things overboard—spare oars and sleeping bags—anything they could
do without that would lighten the load.
What is the meaning of the word hurled as it is used in this sentence? 1% A.
Based on these lines and on the rest of the poem, what does the author mean by the phrase “she
was suited”?
Which phrase best describes the narrator’s father?
What method of organization does the author use to present the events of the poem?
What is significant about the pride of lions coming to sleep next to the researchers, Mark and
Delia Owens?