The Rainy Day and The Castle-Builder



Read the selections and choose the best answer for each question.



Poem 1: The Rainy Day

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

The vine still clings to the mouldering1 wall,

But at every gust the dead leaves fall,

5 And the day is dark and dreary.



My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,

But the hopes of youth fall think in the blast,

10 And the days are dark and dreary.



Be still, sad heart! and cease repining2;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all,

Into each life some rain must fall,

15 Some days must be dark and dreary.



Mouldering: decaying; rottingRepining: complaining





Poem 2: The Castle-Builder

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



A gentle boy, with soft and silken locks,

A dreamy boy, with brown and tender eyes,

A castle-builder, with his wooden blocks,

And towers that touch imaginary skies.



5 A fearless rider on his father’s knee,

An eager listener unto stories told

At the Round Table of the nursery,

Of heroes and adventures manifold.



There will be other towers for thee to build;

10 There will be other steeds for thee to ride;

There will be other legends, and all filled

With greater marvels and more glorified.



Build on, and make thy castles high and fair, ,

Rising and reaching upward to the skies;

15 Listening to voices in the upper air,

Nor lose thy simple faith in mysteries.



11.

Based on Poems 1 and 2, what can you infer about Longfellow’s outlook on life?

He thinks life is very predictable.

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He thinks people should try to avoid sadness.

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He thinks only happy experiences are important

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He thinks life is full of joys and sorrows.

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Answer:

My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;

It rains, and the wind is never weary;

My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,

But the hopes of youth fall think in the blast,

10 And the days are dark and dreary.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining2;

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;

Thy fate is the common fate of all,

Into each life some rain must fall,

15 Some days must be dark and dreary.

Mouldering: decaying; rottingRepining: complaining

Poem 2: The Castle-Builder

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A gentle boy, with soft and silken locks,

A dreamy boy, with brown and tender eyes,

A castle-builder, with his wooden blocks,

And towers that touch imaginary skies.

5 A fearless rider on his father’s knee,

An eager listener unto stories told

At the Round Table of the nursery,

Of heroes and adventures manifold.

There will be other towers for thee to build;

10 There will be other steeds for thee to ride;

There will be other legends, and all filled

With greater marvels and more glorified.

Build on, and make thy castles high and fair, ,

Rising and reaching upward to the skies;

15 Listening to voices in the upper air,

Nor lose thy simple faith in mysteries.

11.

Based on Poems 1 and 2, what can you infer about Longfellow’s outlook on life?

He thinks life is very predictable.

⊝

He thinks people should try to avoid sadness.

⊝

He thinks only happy experiences are important

⊝

He thinks life is full of joys and sorrows.

⊝

Explanation:

The poem “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” uses an extended metaphor with language including use of the phrases: “perches,” “sings the tune without words,” and “crumb.” Which is being metaphorically compared?


The soul is compared to feathers.

The storm is compared to a bird.

Hope is compared to a bird.

The strangest Sea is compared to the chillest land.

1. What is one positive you see in the way the Community does things, in regards to seeking advice from the Giver?

2. Give one of the following after finishing Chapter 14 of The Giver: a question; a comment; a prediction; a connection.

3. Give one of the following after finishing Chapter 15 of The Giver: a question; a comment; a prediction; a connection.

What does the Terracotta Army reveal about the history and culture of the Qin dynasty?

Read the excerpt from "Healthy Eating."


"I was taking all these pills like an old woman," said Naar, a neonatology nurse at Baptist Hospital. "My blood pressure is hereditary, but I added to it by adding the pounds and eating horribly every day." . . . A nutritionist took her shopping and introduced her to the joys of cauliflower. She upped her workouts, stopped eating hamburgers three times a week and scaled back on the Cold Stone pistachio ice cream. Today, Naar is 20 pounds lighter and down to two pills a day.

Which evidence does the author use to support the argument that people can improve their health by making small changes to their diets?


A- an expert quotation


B- scientific facts


C- an anecdote


D- historical information

Please solve step by step!In the first six lines, circle all the uses of the words it and thing. What is “it”? How is it described?
When it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautiful
and terrible thing, needful to man as air,
usable as earth; when it belongs at last to all,
when it is truly instinct, brain matter, diastole, systole,
5 reflex action; when it is finally won; when it is more
than the gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians:
this man, this Douglass, this former slave, this Negro
beaten to his knees, exiled, visioning a world
where none is lonely, none hunted, alien,
10 this man, superb in love and logic, this man
shall be remembered. Oh, not with statues’ rhetoric,
not with legends and poems and wreaths of bronze alone,
but with the lives grown out of his life, the lives
fleshing his dream of the beautiful, needful thing.

PLEASE FAST ILL MARK BRAINLEIST (PLEASE ONLY HELPFUL ANSWERS EOS TEST)
Drag each label to the correct location.

Match each trait to the correct type of poem.

Please answer. Screenshot attachment.

the first 10 brainlest will get as many points as they want PROMISE

6.) Which line from the passage best explains why Oliver did not get any sleep?
A “He had spent hours eliminating everything from his room that reminded him of his
failures.” (paragraph 2)
B “Last night, he had resolved to stay up and read as much of it as he possibly could.”
(paragraph 2)
C “Even his not-so-secret drawer had been yanked open and emptied.” (paragraph 3)
D “He had tried to build it in the side of his workbench, as a place to hold his most
treasured possessions . . . ” (paragraph 3)

HELP ME WORTH 15 POINTS
Select all the correct answers.
In what two ways can the climax of a story affect the main character?
The events of the climax reveal a hidden aspect of the character.
The events of the climax help the character come to a realization.
The events of the climax result in the death of the character.
The events of the climax cause the character to start a journey.
The events of the climax prepare the character for a conflict.

which version best uses a variety of sentence structures to enhance the flow and writing style of a story

Which sentence is an example of the use of imagery?


The icy snow crunched underfoot.


Jack filled his plate with food.


His mind was busily at work.


Two chimneys rose from the house.

I need help with this is it Its or it's

Type the following sentence with the proper punctuation and capitalization. Use exact spelling and correct spacing.

due to bad weather school was cancelled for the day

What are some possible reasons to summarize an interviewee's account instead of quoting the person directly?

Hitler effectively used "group mind" by__________

Name the figurative language and then give me an example of it. Then, explain it's purpose.
*One paragraph will do.

If someone read your argumentative text and found that your evidence was insubstantial, what could you do to make it mores substantial?(1 point)

I could look for excerpts that connect to the claim in a relevant way.

I could look for more text that comes from magazines and articles.

I could find evidence from impartial and false argumentative sources.

I could make up some more facts to support the claim or argument.

what is the problem/conflict in blood on the river?

Part A

Which sentence best conveys Anne Frank's viewpoint regarding misery in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?

(A.) She suggests people close themselves off from worldly misery and focus on internal good.

(B.) She believes people should try to appreciate the beauty that remains around them.

(C.) She hopes people listen to others' experiences and appreciate their own good fortune.

(D.) She thinks people should listen and learn from others' misery.

Question 2

Part B

How does Anne acknowledge a viewpoint that conflicts with hers that is described in Part A?

(A.) Anne refutes the others' position that people should accept their lots in life, even if they are not full of happiness.

(B.) Anne conveys that the others want to go outside because experiencing natural beauty can bring happiness.

(C.) Anne reports that her mother recommends thinking about all the misery in the world and being grateful that Anne's misery is not worse.

(D.) Anne observes that her father becomes silent and pensive and concludes that silence is not the best way to deal with misery.

25 POINTS!!
Ill MARK BRAINLEIST PLEASE ONLY HELPFUL ANSWERS END OF SEMESTER TEST!

Read the following excerpt from Alfred Noyes’s narrative poem "The Highwayman." Which three literary elements do these stanzas contain?


The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

And the highwayman came riding—

Riding—riding—

The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.


He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,

A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin.

They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh.

And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,

His pistol butts a-twinkle,

His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.


Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard.

He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred.

He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there

But the landlord’s black-eyed daughter,

Bess, the landlord’s daughter,

Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.


characters

plot

theme

setting

flashback

If there is no disagreement, then there is no point to writing a persuasive paragraph.


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

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100POINTS!!!

Read the sentence.

The flower lifted its face skyward to drink in the softly falling rain.

This sentence is an example of _____.


analogy


personification


simile


hyperbole

2. Which vocabulary word goes with baby? Why?

3. Which vocabulary word goes with government? Why?

4. Which vocabulary word goes with bullying? Why?

5. Which vocabulary word goes with outweigh? Why?

Read the passage.

As Cara shuffled through the neglected, barren parking lot, she thought about the fight. Edie would never forgive her for what she had said. Their friendship was over.
Then Cara saw it. A small, brilliantly red flower had managed to grow through one of the many jagged cracks of the parking lot. It stood in the midst of the parking lot like a lone boat in the middle of the ocean. How it had survived in this wasteland, Cara would never know. But seeing this unlikely flower, she began to think that anything was possible. Maybe Edie would forgive her.

The phrase “a small, brilliantly red flower” appeals to the reader’s sense of _____.


sight


touch


smell


hearing

9. Why was it important that Oliver emptied the “not-so-secret” drawer in his workbench?
A He wanted to make room for gear related to his new interest in mining.
B He got rid of anything that made him think of his kite-making disaster.
C He planned to start working on a better secret drawer as soon as possible.
D He knew his parents had recently discovered his hiding place.

2.Look back at the two informational texts in this unit. for each text, write the title in the graphic organizer below. then evaluate how well the texts meet each of the criteria. check that you have correct definitions for each term.
3.Do you think one of these sources is more credible or worthy of your trust than the other? Explain why.
(Also, fill out the chart.).

what is the subject in the following sentence?

on this sunny day, the airplane will land on time .

A.land
B. airplane
C. on time
D. day

I'm slow lol​

What part of his life is Scrooge reliving in Scene 3
A. His present life. He sees the kind of person he really is.

B. His past life. He sees himself as a boy at a boarding school, left there for the holidays.

C. His future life. He sees what will happen to him when he is near death.

D. His past life. He sees himself as a boy celebrating Christmas with his family.

Rewrite these sentences. Make them more interesting by adding adverbs and adjectives.

Remember, in order to think up adjectives, find the nouns in the sentence and ask Which one? What kind? or How much? To think up adverbs, find the verb and then ask When? Where? How? or Why?




1. The girls were playing near the street. 2. The gorilla ran through the forest. 3. The man drove to work. 4. The woman waited for her son. 5. The musicians practiced.