english 9A - unit 1; lesson 4: parts of speech & patterns of word change

which uses of suffixes will create nouns? select all that apply.

adding the suffix -cation to the verb glorify adding the suffix -al to the verb disapprove adding the suffix -ance to the verb resist

read the passage from "the lost boys." which option best describes the overarching organizational structure of this section?

chronological order

read the sentence. corinne was shaken after learning that a _[blank]_ occurred during the auto accident. which word form correctly completes the sentence?

fatality

the word repulse means "to repel." how does adding the suffix -ive to the word change its meaning?

it changes a verb to an adjective meaning "having a nature that repels."

read the passage from "the lost boys." which answer best describes the effect of quickly listing many ideas and events, one after another, in this passage?

presenting ideas and events this way makes them seem new and overwhelming.

in "the lost boys," the author uses flashback and switches from the scene of the boys' first meal in america to their previous journey across the sudan. what are the effects of presenting these events in this order? select all that apply.

presenting the events in this order provides background information to explain the boys' current situation. presenting the events in this order contrasts the boys' life today with their life as refugees.

read the definition. resist (v) to oppose or protest something which word means "one who opposes or protests something"?

resister

in "comprehending the calamity," how does the author develop the idea that different groups of people suffer equally after the earthquake?

she compares her previous wealth and comfort with her current situation she shows a diverse group of people sharing resources. she describes fire destroying a wealthy neighborhood.

read the passage from "comprehending the calamity." which option best shows how the author connects the story about the spanish woman to her own situation after the earthquake?

she contrasts the woman's few belongings with the relative plenty remaining in the author's home.

which answer most accurately describes how the author introduces the three brothers in "the lost boys"?

she describes them as overwhelmed but still taking care of themselves.

one central idea in "the lost boys" is that the boys feel out of place in the united states. how does the author introduce and develop this idea over the course of the text? select all that apply.

she provides examples of many basic aspects of american life that the boys had to learn. she includes descriptions of the boys feeling lonely and isolated.

read the sentence from "the lost boys." now, after nine years of subsisting on rationed corn mush and lentils and living largely ungoverned by adults, the lost boys of sudan are coming to america. which words could the author have used that would have the same meaning as subsisting in this sentence? select all that apply.

surviving existing

read the passage from "comprehending the calamity." how does the author develop the idea that people are struggling after the earthquake?

the author shows that people are living in grim conditions and are in great need of help.

which answer best describes the connection in "the lost boys" between the sudanese civil war and the boys' arrival in the united states?

the boys were fleeing the war, and the US agreed to take them in.

what change in part of speech occurs when the suffix -ent is added to the word reminisce?

verb to adjective