Directions: Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. Not all tiles will be used.
Identify what each phrase from the passage suggests about the author's attitude.
Americans have a unique
and untamed spirit.
The United States and Europe
share a cultural tradition.
The art scene in the United
States needs to be nurtured.
Settlers transformed the
land in America
Passage Phrase
Author's Attitude
embryo of the arts, sciences,
and industries
where an hundred years ago all was
wild, woody and uncultivated

Read the excerpt from poe’s "the fall of the house of usher." his ordinary occupations were neglected or forgotten. he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, an objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue -- but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story? the narration reveals usher’s feelings of discouragement. the narration reveals usher’s absent-mindedness after his loss. the narration suggests usher’s confusion in the wake of his loss. the narration suggests usher’s mental decline after his sister’s death.