ELA 11 – Flashcards

Choose the correct version of the sentence. Top athletes train long hours, eating healthy diets and dedicate themselves to their sports. Top athletes train long hours, eat healthy diets, and dedicate themselves to their sports. Top athletes train long hours, eat healthy diets, and dedicating themselves to their sports. Top athletes training long hours, eating healthy diets and dedicate themselves to their sports.

Read the following scene from Trifles. COUNTY ATTORNEY. Let's talk about that later, Mr. Hale. I do want to talk about that, but tell now just what happened when you got to the house. HALE. I didn't hear or see anything; I knocked at the door, and still it was all quiet inside. I knew they must be up, it was past eight o'clock. So I knocked again, and I thought I heard somebody say, "Come in." I wasn't sure, I'm not sure yet, but I opened the door—this door (indicating the door by which the two women are still standing), and there in that rocker—(pointing to it) sat Mrs. Wright. (They all look at the rocker.) What would be one advantage of watching this scene as opposed to reading it?

Read the following scene from Trifles. MRS. HALE (abruptly moving toward her.) Mrs. Peters? MRS. PETERS. Yes Mrs. Hale? (At upstage right door.) MRS. HALE. Do you think she did it? MRS. PETERS (in a frightened voice.) Oh, I don't know. What is one possible advantage of hearing the characters' voices as opposed to silently reading the scene?

What best describes an element shared by the article "Indicted Her for Murder" and the excerpt from Midnight Assassin?

Which excerpt from part one of Trifles contains a stage direction that contributes to the character development of Mrs. Hale?

Which sentence is written correctly? Chicken a lean protein, can by prepared, in many healthy ways. Chicken a lean protein can be prepared, in many healthy ways. Chicken, a lean protein, can be prepared in many healthy ways. Chicken, a lean, protein can be prepared in many healthy ways.

Read this excerpt from King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act. (Enter, from the side door, Mary, the pretty servant girl, who fusses about at the back of the room.) What do the stage directions reveal about Mary?

What happens after Lancelot tells Vivien that he needs to devote himself to his work in King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act?

How does the author's use of a one-act climactic structure affect the meaning of part two of King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act?

What is one advantage of listening to an audio recording as opposed to silently reading a play?

Read the sentence. The works of Charles Dickens a famous British writer include David Copperfield and Oliver Twist. Which is the best revision of this sentence?

Read the excerpt from the article "Indicted Her for Murder." The awful crime of which Mrs. Hossack stands accused is still fresh in the minds of every newspaper reader in Iowa. Which best describes the excerpt?

Dell is most successful at depicting the women's difficulty with modern romance in part two of King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act through his portrayal of

How is the author's use of a climactic structure reflected in the time that elapses in part two of King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act?

In part two of Trifles, what symbolic impact is made when Susan Glaspell includes quilting as a part of Mrs. Wright's lifestyle?