An idea, theme, or image that begins and ends a text can be referred to as a wraparound motif theme bookend

Read the passage below and answer the question, dill was a curiosity. in the excerpt above, the word "curiosity" suggests that dill is odd dill asks a lot of questions dill is hard to understand dill is lost

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

Read the passage, then use the explanation to infer the meaning of the word predominant. the novel was so popular that it was eventually added to a list of books that every ninth grader had to read. it became the predominant work of literature. what is the most likely definition of the word predominant?