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1. read the following story excerpt and answer the question that follows:

"come on james! " nick called him from the street. "let's get to the court. the guys are waiting."

james looked down at his list of assignments on the computer.

"nick, i can't go today," he yelled regretfully out his window. "i am behind on my work. you are, too! you should come over and we can study together."

no response from nick. james sighed and opened his website. a short time later he heard a loud knock at the door. it was nick.

"you were right. let's finish up and then go shoot hoops."

which line of dialogue impacted james and changed direction of the story?

nick called him from the street. "let's get to the court."
"nick, i can't go today," he yelled out his window.
"come on james! " nick called him from the street.
"you are, too! you should come over and we can study together."

2. read the following selection from "a retrieved reformation" and answer the question that follows:

"now, valentine," said the warden, "you'll go out in the morning. brace up, and make a man of yourself. you're not a bad fellow at heart. stop cracking safes, and live straight."

"me? " said jimmy, in surprise. "why, i never cracked a safe in my life."

what does the dialogue reveal about jimmy valentine?

the warden thinks jimmy is mature.
the warden thinks jimmy can turn his life around.
the warden feels there is no hope for jimmy.
jimmy admits that he committed the robberies.

In the por "heaven" what things does echo say will last?

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.

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