Lyddie 18-19 & Grammar

Lyddie felt as if all of her efforts to provide for her family were done "in vain". "In vain" means...

• Without thought
• Without support
• Without success
• Without resources

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Mrs. Phinney asks to bring Rachel back. She craves a daughter as well. Craves does mean...

• makes an impression
• wants to know the situation
• not enough attention to detail
• an extreme desire for something

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

"He grinned wryly. For a man who says the Lord is set to end all creation, he has a powerful concern for the vain riches in the world." How is he grinning? 

• in a way that is bad but also slightly amusing
• in a way that is humorous yet slightly amusing
• in a way that is suspiciously undetected
• in a way where not enough attention is paid to detail

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CCSS.L.3.1A

"And she will forget me, plain, rough, miserly, Lyddie who only bought her ribbons." Miserly means which of the following?

• unhappy
• miserable
• a person who is generous and thrifty with money
• a person who is not generous and does not like to spend money

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Luke, with all of his extreme work ethic, has not a recognizably calloused appearance to his epidermis. Calloused most likely means...

• Lightly altered
• Extremely rough or toughened
• Extremely serious
• Extremely strong looking

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Because of the possibility of reprisal from management for Diana's actions, the propensity for having a listening ear for Lyddie's queer mountain speech was grim. Grim most closely does not mean which of the following?

• ghastly
• dreadful
• dire
• amiable

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Lyddie perceived the lady's robust appearance in a more pensive way than that of Diana's open-mouthed demeanor. Robust means...

• bold and disengaged
• unhealthy and strong looking
• healthy and strong looking
• positive and disengaged

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Lyddie, the protagonist of the work, along with Salva Dut, the protagonist of Linda Sue Park's, A Long Walk to Water, were subject to endless droning. Droning refers to

• speaking in a monotonous tone
• speaking in a humming sound
• speaking at elevated levels
• speaking inaudibly 

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Which of the following sentence types contains at least 2 independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses?

• compound
• complex
• compound-complex
• simple

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following parts of speech tells where something is in location to the rest of the sentence?

• Prepositions
• Interjections
• Conjunctions
• Contractions

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E