The wide playgrounds were swarming with boys. All were
shouting and the prefects urged them on with strong cries.
The evening air was pale and chilly and after every charge
and thud of the footballers the greasy leather orb flew like
a heavy bird through the grey light. He kept on the fringe of
his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the
rude feet feigning to run now and then. He felt his body
small and weak amid the throng of the players and his
eyes were weak and watery. Rody Kickham was not like
that: he would be captain of the third line all the fellows
said.
What aspect of this excerpt most clearly marks it as a work of Modernism?
A. It conveys the idea that our value is based on our
accomplishments.
B. There is a sense that, no matter how hard people try, they can't get
ahead.
c. It centers on a main character who does not conform to the ideal.
D. There is a detailed contrast between the main character and Rody.
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Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i donāt recognize the shirt youāre wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesnāt look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, iām not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddieās shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddieās new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.
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Consider the text and its central idea. informational text: one privilege that many teens look forward to is the ability to earn a driverās license. driverās licensing requirements are not the same in every state. in some states, young people can be fully licensed before their sixteenth birthday. in other states, the privilege to drive has some restrictions until the driver is eighteen years old. in every state, driver education is a required step in earning a license. students might earn a permit, or provisional license, and spend six months to a year driving with an adult in the car. since states are very different based on population, development, and roadways, the laws are different, too. central idea: states makes different laws about licensing drivers with some similar requirements. what supporting detail is most important to include in a summary of this text? teens get excited about learning to drive. in some states, kids can get their license on their birthday. some states are heavily populated, with dangerous roads to navigate. every state includes driver education as part of licensing requirements.
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