Read the excerpt from "Let Bindi Have the Limelight."
As one important being left Bindi's life, another entered it. He certainly wasn't larger than life like her dad had been. In fact, he wasn't very large at all. That's because Candy . . . was a rat.

What does the hyperbole help you understand?

A. how happy Bindi was to receive a new pet
B. how important Bindi’s dad was to her
C. how big the personality of Bindi’s dad was
D. how small Bindi’s pet rat is

What role does the element of motivation play in performances? a. it makes characters more relatable. b. it uses characters to enhance setting. c. it reveals characters’ weaknesses. d. it guides characters’ actions.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

Identifying parts of a chemical equation identify each part of this chemical equation that describes the burning of methane and oxygen. b (blue box): d (number): e (purple box):