A Sweet Way to Stop Hiccups

What are the 3 authors purpose?

What is most likely the reason the title is A Sweet Way to Stop Hiccups?

​ ​ (a)  

• Because Mallory is sweet
• Because hiccups taste sweet
• Because Mallory found a sweet way to fix hiccups

What is most likely the reason the author included this diagram?

• To help us visualize what the vocal cords look like.

• To tell us how the vocal cords work

• To show us how we breathe

• To help us visualize how hiccups begin

What is most likely the reason the author included the section Making Hiccups Go Away?​ (a)  

• To describe how to make hiccups dissapear
• To show us how hiccups happen
• To describe how hiccups begin

Where are you most likely to find information about how hiccups happen?​ (a)  

• What is a hiccup?
• Making Hiccups Go Away
• Award Winning Recipe

Where are you most likely to find information about how Mallory created her invention?​ (a)  

• What is a hiccup?
• What is a Hiccup?
• Award Winning Recipe

In paragraph 2, what does the word diaphragm mean?​ ​ (a)  

• a muscle between the chest and abdomen
• a chest muscle
• the abdomen
• a muscle

In paragraph 8, what does the word patent mean?​ ​ (a)  

• legal ownership of an invention
• creating an invfention
• legal ownership of a lollipop
• legally owning a home

In paragraph 4, what is a synonym for the word common?​ ​ (a)  

• familiar
• rare
• irregular

In paragraph 4, what words helps us determine the meaning of the word startled?​ ​ ​ (a)  

• scare away your hiccups
• which may relax your muscles
• like drinking water upsidedown