Select the correct text in the passage.Which lines in the passage contain the falling action of the story?(Karen is sitting alone in her bedroom looking very upset. Her friends Lisa and Kate enter her room and find Karen sitting quietly on her bed.)LISA: Boy, you look unhappy today, Karen. What’s the matter?KAREN: I'm in a fix! A few days ago I borrowed my mother's gold chain for a party, and now I can't seem to find the chain anywhere. What should I do?KATE: Are you sure it's lost?KAREN: Yes, of course I'm sure. I've looked everywhere for it. I've turned my bedroom upside down looking for it. I'm afraid to tell my mom what happened.LISA: You really are in trouble, aren't you? Your mother will be furious. It must have been a precious and expensive chain, and you carelessly lost it.(This upsets Karen even more.)KAREN: I don’t want to upset her, but I’m completely at a loss on how to fix this situation. I'm so mad at myself for losing it. I’m usually careful about such things.LISA: Maybe you didn't lose it after all. Maybe it was stolen.KAREN: Who would steal it?LISA: You never know. There are a lot of bad people out there. If you were distracted, someone may have slipped it away without you even realizing.KAREN: Oh, this is a disaster! What am I going to do?LISA: Kate, you’ve been awfully quiet. Why don't you help Karen out?KATE: I think the best solution in this case is to calm down and think carefully before jumping to conclusions.LISA: But didn't you hear her? She's lost her mother's chain. This is a pretty big problem.KATE: It’ll only be a big problem when she is sure of exactly what happened. Right now all you’re doing is giving her ideas about how she could have misplaced the chain. This isn't the solution. Karen, I think you should tell your mom what happened right away.KAREN: All right, might as well deal with the situation.(The three girls head to Karen's mother’s room. Her mom is sitting on the bed reading a magazine. She looks up as the three enter the room.)MOTHER: Hi, girls.KAREN: Mom, I wanted to talk to you about the chain.MOTHER: What chain?KAREN: The one I had borrowed a couple of days ago. I'm afraid I've lost it.MOTHER: (Giving Karen a puzzled look) But Karen, I took the chain back yesterday because I needed it.(The three girls look at each other in surprise.)MOTHER: I'm sorry for not letting you know. I'm surprised that you thought you lost it. You should have asked me about it sooner. You looked absolutely tense when you entered the room.KAREN: Oh, mom, I'm so sorry! I feel so relieved now. I'm glad that I listened to Kate and asked you about it.(The three girls head back to Karen's room with smiles on their faces.)

Lost Necklace(Karen is sitting alone in her bedroom looking very upset. Her friends Lisa and Kate enter her room and find Karen sitting quietly on her bed.)LISA: Boy, you look unhappy today, Karen. What’s the matter?KAREN: I'm in a fix! A few days ago I borrowed my mother's gold chain for a party, and now I can't seem to find the chain anywhere. What should I do?KATE: Are you sure it's lost?KAREN: Yes, of course I'm sure. I've looked everywhere for it. I've turned my bedroom upside down looking for it. I'm afraid to tell my mom what happened.LISA: You really are in trouble, aren't you? Your mother will be furious. It must have been a precious and expensive chain, and you carelessly lost it.(This upsets Karen even more.)KAREN: I don’t want to upset her, but I’m completely at a loss on how to fix this situation. I'm so mad at myself for losing it. I’m usually careful about such things.LISA: Maybe you didn't lose it after all. Maybe it was stolen.KAREN: Who would steal it?LISA: You never know. There are a lot of bad people out there. If you were distracted, someone may have slipped it away without you even realizing.KAREN: Oh, this is a disaster! What am I going to do?LISA: Kate, you’ve been awfully quiet. Why don't you help Karen out?KATE: I think the best solution in this case is to calm down and think carefully before jumping to conclusions.LISA: But didn't you hear her? She's lost her mother's chain. This is a pretty big problem.KATE: It’ll only be a big problem when she is sure of exactly what happened. Right now all you’re doing is giving her ideas about how she could have misplaced the chain. This isn't the solution. Karen, I think you should tell your mom what happened right away.KAREN: All right, might as well deal with the situation.(The three girls head to Karen's mother’s room. Her mom is sitting on the bed reading a magazine. She looks up as the three enter the room.)MOTHER: Hi, girls.KAREN: Mom, I wanted to talk to you about the chain.MOTHER: What chain?KAREN: The one I had borrowed a couple of days ago. I'm afraid I've lost it.MOTHER: (Giving Karen a puzzled look) But Karen, I took the chain back yesterday because I needed it.(The three girls look at each other in surprise.)MOTHER: I'm sorry for not letting you know. I'm surprised that you thought you lost it. You should have asked me about it sooner. You looked absolutely tense when you entered the room.KAREN: Oh, mom, I'm so sorry! I feel so relieved now. I'm glad that I listened to Kate and asked you about it.(The three girls head back to Karen's room with smiles on their faces.)33Select the correct answer.What is the mood in most of this excerpt? A. joyous B. tense C. energetic D. hopeful E. mischievous

Select the correct text in the passage.Read the sentence from the passage."If we find where your problem originated, we can fix it."Which word in the passage helps define the meaning of originated?Counseling a Friendby Tirzah Tyler     "So, how long have you been addicted to shopping?" Shelly asked while adjusting her glasses on her nose.     Audrey laughed. "I am not addicted to shopping," she declared while she adjusted her new summer dress on its hanger.     Shelly rested her head against Audrey's closet door and sighed. "My friend, that's the fifth dress you've bought this week. If we find where your problem originated, we can fix it. When did your urge to shop first begin?"     Taking a closer look at the price tag on her most recent clothing conquest, Audrey wondered how she was going to pay next month's rent. Brushing a strand of her brown hair behind her ear, she shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. When I see something beautiful in the store, like this dress, it's irresistible to me. Everything is a blur until I get home and look at the price tag. Why are we talking about this, anyway?"     Shelly chuckled and crossed her arms. "I'm not a professional counselor. All I did was take a psychology class last semester, and I learned a lot about human behavior. However, I am your friend, and I want to help you."     Audrey looked down at the department store bag that was lying on her bed. "My brain says I need to return my new dress, but my heart says I should keep it."     With a chuckle, Shelly removed her glasses. While she wiped them clean on her orange T-shirt, she declared in her usual matter-of-fact way, "Well, that's what friends are for. I am here to tell you when you need to listen to your brain instead of your heart."

Select the correct text in the passage.Which detail best demonstrates discourse between characters?excerpt from A Good Place for Maggieby Ofelia Dumas Lachtman“ACCIDENT AT GREENSTON NUCLEAR PLANT, No Danger to Community, Officials Say.”Every time that headline from yesterday’s Los Angeles News flashed into her mind, Margarita—Maggie—Cruz griped the steering wheel of her VW more tightly and assured herself that she was doing the right thing. It wasn’t as if she were in danger from the Greenston plant in the desert hundreds of miles away, but those headlines had been the convincing factor in her decision. Yes, it was the right thing to do, and hour after hour as she drove north of Los Angeles, she had felt more and more competent and more secure. Until now.For the last hour she had been so intent on the changing countryside that she forgot to buy gas. The gauge said empty. She drove on, dreading the moment when the motor would draw on the last drop of gasoline and give up. She was driving on a narrow country road lined with tall eucalyptus trees and nothing else. Then in a clearing on the left side of the road, she saw a battered old sign with faded red letters: G-A-S. No, it wasn’t a mirage; it was more like a miracle. With a grateful sigh she turned into the run-down station, bumping over broken concrete and coming to a stop by one of two pumps.A weary-looking old man in grease-spotted overalls appeared beside her. "Fill 'er up?"“Is it cheaper if I pump it myself?” It didn’t look as if he’d take a credit card and she was low on cash.“All the same here, missy,” the man called, rounding the car. “Fill ‘er up?”Maggie said yes, please go ahead, and climbed out of the blue VW. Good thing I didn’t splurge on lunch, she thought, staring at the pumps. Gas is almost twice as high up here as it is in Los Angeles. But I’m not complaining. When she had driven mile after mile without finding a gas station, she had begun to think that maybe being sixteen and a half didn’t make her that smart; maybe a trip like this was a little much for her. Now she felt better. She stretched and thought, Dad would be proud of me. I’m doing what is right for me. Oh, I’ll miss my friends, especially Mim and Lorena. I’ll even miss Ryan. I wonder if he was really going to ask me to the TGI June bash? Well, that’s history. Now is now.

Select the correct text in the passage.Which paragraph best reveals a character's change of perspective?(15) Tama was inconsolable. She pined for her lover and soon fell ill. Her elaborate trousseau and the outfit for the bridal household was complete but the wedding ceremony had to be postponed.(16) Both parents became very anxious for, as the days went by, instead of getting better their daughter visibly wasted away and sometimes could not leave her bed, so weak did she become…(17) Her mother now begged the father to allow the marriage with Hayashi to take place. Though he was not the man of their choice in worldly position, yet if their daughter loved him, it were better that she should marry him...(18) But now arose a difficulty of which they had not dreamed. Hayashi had moved away no one knew whither, and all their frantic efforts to trace him were fruitless.

this passage:Olivia is busy planning a grand wedding with her fiancé, Marco. As the wedding date nears, she becomes increasingly anxious about having the outdoor ceremony that Marco wants. Olivia remembers an outdoor family reunion she attended as a child. If she closes her eyes, she can almost see the pack of coyotes running down from a nearby mountain and chasing her family. She can still feel the terror, even after all these years. Olivia takes a deep breath and opens her eyes resolutely, trying to convince herself that such a thing couldn't possibly happen again.Which literary device does the underlined portion of the text most clearly show?A.PacingB.FlashbackC.ConflictD.Foreshadowing