Match each text description to the text structure that would best convey the information. a play-by-play description of a baseball
cause-effect
game
a website that tells how a disease is
transmitted
compare-contrast
a biography that tells how someone
overcame difficulties
sequence
a review that tells how several brands of
shampoo are alike and different
problem-solution

When greg came home for lunch, he realized that his air conditioner was broken. fragment, run on or complete sentence?

This series of works has captured the imaginations of people all over the world. a. incarcerated c. jailed b. seized d. arrested

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?