Identifying a Character's Physical Trait
Which phrase describes a physical trait?
He was overweight and the kids at his middle school
often teased him about his size. Even his teachers
sometimes made cruel comments without realizing it. On
his last day of school, his math teacher, Mrs. Bell, taught
ratios. As an example, she chose the heaviest kid in the
class and the lightest kid in the class, and had them weigh
themselves. Stanley weighed three times as much as the
other boy. Mrs. Bell wrote the ratio on the board, 3:1,
unaware of how much embarrassment she had caused
both of them.
- Holes,
Louis Sachar
"often teased him"
"wrote the ratio"
"made cruel comments
"he was overweight"

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”