Practice 1: Lone Shadow's Adventure Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow.

(1) It's quiet on the rairie. !he onl" thin# Lone Shadow can hear is the $eatin# of his heart. A few $utterflies silentl" swoo down to rest on tall #rasses that s read out as far as the e"e can see. A$ove, a few fluff" white clouds float in an endless $lue s%". A #entle $ree&e drifts ast Lone Shadow's ear. Suddenl", there's 'ove'ent in the #rass ahead( ()) A fri#htened deer lea s ast Lone Shadow's shoulder and races off toward a s'all clu' of trees. !hen he hears it . . . a rh"th'ic sound li%e his heart$eat, onl" louder( !he #round $e#ins to tre'$le. *e loo%s toward the hori&on and sees a swirlin# cloud of dust headin# his wa"( +uic%l" he turns and runs. !he noise #ets louder and the dust thic%er, so thic% he can taste it( ,ust as he -u' s into a dee ditch, a thunderin# herd of $uffalo rushes ast. (.) /nce the herd has 'oved on, Lone Shadow wal%s to the lace where he had $een standin#. !here's a 'ust" s'ell in the air a$ove the #rass, which is now flat. 0!hat could have $een 'e(0 he sa"s. +uic%l" he runs $ac% to ca' to tell the tri$al leaders a$out the $uffalo. . . . !here will $e a hunt toni#ht( 1. *ow did the author use sensor" words to hel readers visuali&e the character, settin#, and events1 2ive at least one e3a' le fro' the te3t for each sense. ). Read this sentence fro' the te3t: Suddenl", there's 'ove'ent in the #rass ahead( 4hich of the followin# $est adds i'a#er" to hel readers visuali&e the situation1 a. Suddenl", there's so'e %ind of 'ove'ent so'ewhere in the #rass ahead( $. Suddenl", Lone Shadow sees a flash of $rown and white fur and hears so'ethin# antin# in the #rass ahead( c. Suddenl", Lone Shadow sees an ani'al 'ovin# in the #rass ahead( d. Suddenl", the #rass ahead $e#ins to $end. . . . So'ethin# is 'ovin# it(

Practice ): !he 5#l" 6uc%lin# 73cer ted and ada ted fro' a stor" $" *ans 8hristian Andersen Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow. (1) It was lovel" su''er weather in the countr". !he "ellow corn, #reen oats, and #olden ha"stac%s in the 'eadows loo%ed $eautiful. !he stor% wal%in# a$out on his lon# red le#s, chattered in the 7#" tian lan#ua#e that he had learned fro' his 'other. !he cornfields and 'eadows were surrounded $" lar#e forests with lar#e $rown tree trun%s to ed with #reen leaves and $ri#ht $losso's. In the 'idst of the forests were dee ools of clear, sa hire water. ()) 9eside the forests was a river, and close $" stood a leasant old far'house. :ro' the house, one could see down to the water, where #reat thistles #rew so hi#h that under the tallest dar% #reen leaves, a s'all child could stand u ri#ht( !his wild, secluded s ot for'ed a snu# retreat in which a duc% sat on a nest, waitin# for her "oun# $rood to hatch. (.) !he duc% was $e#innin# to tire of her tas%, for the little ones were a lon# ti'e co'in# out of their shells, and she seldo' had an" visitors. !he other duc%s 'uch referred swi''in# in the river than cli'$in# the sli er" $an%s to sit under a thistle leaf and tal% with her. She shifted on the itch" twi#s of her nest. :inall", she heard one shell crac%, and then another and another, and fro' each ca'e a fu&&" creature that lifted its head and cried, 0Pee , ee (0 (;) 0+uac%, quac%,0 said the 'other as she stro%ed each soft, "ellow duc%lin#. !he" loo%ed a$out the' on ever" side at the lar#e #reen leaves. !heir 'other allowed the' to loo% as 'uch as the" li%ed, $ecause #reen is #ood for the e"es. 0*ow lar#e the world is,0 said the "oun# duc%s, when the" found how 'uch 'ore roo' the" had now than while inside their white e##shells. (<) 06o "ou i'a#ine this is the whole world10 lau#hed their 'other. 04ait till "ou have seen the #arden= it stretches far $e"ond that field, $ut I have never ventured such a distance. Are "ou all out10 she continued, risin#. 0>o, the lar#est e## lies there still( I wonder how lon# this is to last= I a' quite tired of it(0 !hen she fluffed her feathers and seated herself a#ain on the nest.

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*ow does the author hel readers 0visuali&e0 the stor%1 $" tellin# a$out its nest and what its eatin# $" tellin# a$out the color of its feathers and e"es $" tellin# the si&e and color of its le#s and how it's tal%in# $" tellin# what it does when it sees the duc% *ow does the author hel readers visuali&e the 'eadow1 $" e3 lainin# how each of the $uildin#s is used $" descri$in# the colors of lants and other thin#s $" tellin# how old the trees are $" descri$in# all the fish

<. Read this sentence fro' the te3t: It was lovel" su''er weather in the countr". 4hich of the followin# $est adds i'a#er" to hel readers visuali&e the settin#1 a. It was lovel" war' su''er weather in the countr". $. It was a war', su''er da" and the sun's ra"s $athed the countr"side in a soft, #olden li#ht. c. It was nice su''er weather with lent" of sunshine all over the countr". d. It was a hot su''er da", so hot that the cit" streets were stea'in#. ?. Read this sentence fro' the te3t: 9eside the forests was a river, and close $" stood a leasant old far'house. 4hich of the followin# $est adds i'a#er" to hel readers visuali&e the lace1 a. 9eside the trees runs a river, and not far awa" is an old far'house. $. 9eside the forests of trees was a lon# river, and close $" the river there was a nice $ut old far'house. c. A $u$$lin# river raced $eside the forests, s illin# its liquid over s'ooth white roc%s $elow a stee hill on which sat an old a$andoned, red far'house. d. Alon# the sides of the forests was a roc%" river, and further down the ath there was an old white far'house. @. 4hat sounds does the author use to a eal to readers' sense

of hearin#1 a. $. c. d. crac%in# of the e##s ee in# of the duc%lin#s quac%in# of the 'other duc% all of the a$ove

A. *ow did the author a eal to the readers' sense of touch1 2ive e3a' les fro' the te3t to su ort "our ideas.