Read this excerpt from Holes. Stanley’s great-great-grandfather was named Elya Yelnats. He was born in Latvia. When he was fifteen years old he fell in love with Myra Menke. (He didn’t know he was Stanley’s great-great-grandfather.) Myra Menke was fourteen. She would turn fifteen in two months, at which time her father had decided she should be married. Why does Sachar include the line “He didn’t know he was Stanley’s great-great-grandfather” in this flashback? It makes it clear that Stanley has never met or heard of his great-great-grandfather. It explains to the reader that Elya was indeed Stanley’s great-great-grandfather. It is a funny way of pointing out that Stanley and Elya are clearly not living at the same time. It is a silly way of letting the reader know that Elya and Stanley are not really related to each other.

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How might stacey feel when t. j. comes to the logan house in the middle of the night? describe a connection that you answer the question.

1. what is the best example of the use of rhyme? a. the beat of drum b. fresh green grass c. a wild little child d. the kindness of strangers 2. which of the following is always true about a haiku? a. it has one three-line stanza b.it has a specific rhyme scheme of abab c. it uses alliteration d. it expresses thoughts or feelings of a single speaker 3. what is the best example a simile? a. marty’s shout rattled the windows b.her voice was clear as a bell c. he is a bear in the morning d.the blossoms in the garden nodded