Drag each tile to the correct box, Authors use the linear structure to create and build tension in a story. Match the paragraphs listed to the purpose they serve in the story
Paragraphs 8-12
Paragraphs 13-16
Paragraphs 1-2
Paragraphs 3-7
builds tension with details
about how the narrator tums
the tables on Lemarchant
increases the tension with the
realization that the narrator
has succeeded in his plan to
foil Lemarchant
reveals the conflict the
narrator faces
introduces the characters
and setting

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.

Write a description about a boy with blonde hair that falls perfectly without him even trying.

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.