In the excerpt below, which is the topic sentence? Though Mrs. Rosen had sent her chicken to the Johansens, and Mama had
made a lovely dinner large enough for second helpings all around, it was not
an evening of laughter and talk. Ellen was silent at dinner. She looked
frightened. Mama and Papa tried to speak of cheerful things, but it was clear
that they were worried, and it made Annemarie worry, too. Only Kirsti was
unaware of the quiet tension in the room.
Lois Lowry, Number the Stars (New York: Bantam Books, 1989).
O A. Mama and Papa tried to speak of cheerful things, but it was clear
that they were worried, and it made Annemarie worry, too.
B. She looked frightened.
C. Though Mrs. Rosen had sent her chicken to the Johansens, and
Mama had made a lovely dinner large enough for second helpings
all around, it was not an evening of laughter and talk.
D. Only Kirsti was unaware of the quiet tension in the room.

The goal of __ painters was not to make a photographic representation of a subject, but to capture the impression of a particular moment in time a) still artist b) realist c) impressionist

Constructed response paragraph: in the short story, the author describes her life during her “day away” but provides few details about her “normal” life. using information from the text, write a short story that describes events that precede the story above. as you detail the author’s daily routine before her “day away,” be sure your narrative establishes the story’s setting, first-person point of view, and primary conflict.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.