English A Grade 9
1 Assessment
(passage)
Langston thought it was the most awesome thing he'd ever see. The whale was
blue-gray and glistening just below the surface of the water. It was so large and so
close that from where he was standing, he couldn't see the head or the tail, just
the massive body. It was gliding by in the water, just twenty feet from his boat.
Slowly the whale started to descend into the water, the shimmering skin
becoming just a dark patch Moments later, he saw a spurt of water about 20
yards from the ship, water from the whale's blowhole. It seemed to Langston that
the whale was saying goodbye
1. What is the main idea of the story? (2mrks)
2. Identify the strongest image in the passage? (3mrk)
3. What words in the passage help you to make a mental picture of the whale? (Amrks)
4. The "spurt of water from the whale suggested what to Langston? (2mrks)
5. Find the meaning of the following words as it relates to the passage:
Descending
Glistening
Gliding
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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

what are the choices?

3

explanation:

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