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| common lit answer key: Lamb to the Slaughter (A Roald Dahl Short Story) Roald Dahl, 2012-09-13 Lamb to the Slaughter is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. In Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a twisted story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a wife serves up a dish that utterly baffles the police . . . Lamb to the Slaughter is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the two men who make an unusual and chilling wager over the provenance of a bottle of wine; a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others. 'The absolute master of the twist in the tale.' (Observer ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Juliet Stevenson. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today. |
| common lit answer key: Everyday Use Alice Walker, 1994 Presents the text of Alice Walker's story Everyday Use; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author. |
| common lit answer key: Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant, 2011-02-22 Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life. |
| common lit answer key: The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell, 2023-02-23 Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s abilities with a gun and organises a hunt. However, they’re not after animals – they’re after people. When he protests, Rainsford the hunter becomes Rainsford the hunted. Sharing similarities with The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence, this is the story that created the template for pitting man against man. Born in New York, Richard Connell (1893 – 1949) went on to become an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best remembered for the gripping novel The Most Dangerous Game and for receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay Meet John Doe. |
| common lit answer key: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me Sarra Manning, 2011 Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules. And the number one rule is that good-natured fat girls like her don't get guys like gorgeous, handsome William, heir to Neve's heart since university. But William's been in LA for three years, and Neve's been slimming down and re-inventing herself so that when he returns, he'll fall head over heels in love with the new, improved her. So she's not that interested in other men. Until her sister Celia points out that if Neve wants William to think she's an experienced love-goddess and not the fumbling, awkward girl he left behind, then she'd better get some, well, experience. What Neve needs is someone to show her the ropes, someone like Celia's colleague Max. Wicked, shallow, sexy Max. And since he's such a man-slut, and so not Neve's type, she certainly won't fall for him. Because William is the man for her... right? Somewhere between losing weight and losing her inhibitions, Neve's lost her heart - but to who? |
| common lit answer key: The Landlady (A Roald Dahl Short Story) Roald Dahl, 2012-09-13 The Landlady is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. In The Landlady, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a young man in need of room meets a most accommodating landlady . . . The Landlady is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with unexpected results; the priceless piece of furniture that is the subject of a deceitful bargain; a wronged woman taking revenge on her dead husband, and others. 'Unnerving bedtime stories, subtle, proficient, hair-raising and done to a turn.' (San Francisco Chronicle ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Tamsin Greig. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today. |
| common lit answer key: Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You! Marley Dias, 2018-01-30 Marley Dias, the powerhouse girl-wonder who started the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign, speaks to kids about her passion for making our world a better place, and how to make their dreams come true! Marley Dias, the powerhouse girl-wonder who started the #1000blackgirlbooks campaign, speaks to kids about her passion for making our world a better place, and how to make their dreams come true!In this accessible guide with an introduction by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Marley Dias explores activism, social justice, volunteerism, equity and inclusion, and using social media for good. Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make positive changes in their communities, while getting support from parents, teachers, and friends to turn dreams into reality. Focusing on the importance of literacy and diversity, Marley offers suggestions on book selection, and delivers hands-on strategies for becoming a lifelong reader. |
| common lit answer key: Let Me Tell You Shirley Jackson, 2015-08-04 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • From the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House, a spectacular volume of previously unpublished and uncollected stories, essays, and other writings. Features “Family Treasures,” nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Short Story Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American writers of the last hundred years. Since her death in 1965, her place in the landscape of twentieth-century fiction has grown only more exalted. As we approach the centenary of her birth comes this astonishing compilation of fifty-six pieces—more than forty of which have never been published before. Two of Jackson’s children co-edited this volume, culling through the vast archives of their mother’s papers at the Library of Congress, selecting only the very best for inclusion. Let Me Tell You brings together the deliciously eerie short stories Jackson is best known for, along with frank, inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays about her large, boisterous family; and whimsical drawings. Jackson’s landscape here is most frequently domestic: dinner parties and bridge, household budgets and homeward-bound commutes, children’s games and neighborly gossip. But this familiar setting is also her most subversive: She wields humor, terror, and the uncanny to explore the real challenges of marriage, parenting, and community—the pressure of social norms, the veins of distrust in love, the constant lack of time and space. For the first time, this collection showcases Shirley Jackson’s radically different modes of writing side by side. Together they show her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist, and a powerful feminist. This volume includes a Foreword by the celebrated literary critic and Jackson biographer Ruth Franklin. Praise for Let Me Tell You “Stunning.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Let us now—at last—celebrate dangerous women writers: how cheering to see justice done with [this collection of] Shirley Jackson’s heretofore unpublished works—uniquely unsettling stories and ruthlessly barbed essays on domestic life.”—Vanity Fair “Feels like an uncanny dollhouse: Everything perfectly rendered, but something deliciously not quite right.”—NPR “There are . . . times in reading [Jackson’s] accounts of desperate women in their thirties slowly going crazy that she seems an American Jean Rhys, other times when she rivals even Flannery O’Connor in her cool depictions of inhumanity and insidious cruelty, and still others when she matches Philip K. Dick at his most hallucinatory. At her best, though, she’s just incomparable.”—The Washington Post “Offers insights into the vagaries of [Jackson’s] mind, which was ruminant and generous, accommodating such diverse figures as Dr. Seuss and Samuel Richardson.”—The New York Times Book Review “The best pieces clutch your throat, gently at first, and then with growing strength. . . . The whole collection has a timelessness.”—The Boston Globe “[Jackson’s] writing, both fiction and nonfiction, has such enduring power—she brings out the darkness in life, the poltergeists shut into everyone’s basement, and offers them up, bringing wit and even joy to the examination.”—USA Today “The closest we can get to sitting down and having a conversation with . . . one of the most original voices of her generation.”—The Huffington Post |
| common lit answer key: The Arabian Nights , 2018-12-30 A retelling of the enthralling stories by a renowned folklorist, including Aladdin and Ali Baba, with evocative illustrations |
| common lit answer key: The Jungle Upton Sinclair, 2024-06-18 The Jungle is a groundbreaking novel written by Upton Sinclair and published in 1906. The book is a powerful exploration of the harsh working conditions and social issues faced by immigrant workers in the Chicago stockyards during the early 20th century. The story follows the life of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant, and his family as they struggle to survive in the harsh urban jungle of Chicago. The novel is a compelling work of historical fiction that provides a vivid portrayal of the social and economic conditions of the time. Sinclair's detailed descriptions of the meatpacking industry, including the brutal working conditions, lack of labor regulations, and the exploitation of immigrant workers, exposed the dark side of capitalism and the need for reform. One of the most notable aspects of The Jungle is its social and political commentary. Sinclair was a socialist, and the book reflects his political views, with the protagonist eventually embracing socialist ideals. The novel played a significant role in the progressive movement and helped to spur the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906. Despite its focus on social and political issues, The Jungle is also a compelling human drama. The characters are well-developed and relatable, and the story is engaging and emotionally resonant. The novel explores themes of poverty, exploitation, and the struggle for survival in a harsh and unforgiving world. The Jungle is a powerful and important work of literature that shines a light on the social and economic issues of the early 20th century. The novel is a must-read for anyone interested in history, politics, or social justice. Its enduring relevance and impact make it a classic of American literature. |
| common lit answer key: What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything? Avi, 2016-02-09 Avi charts the turning points in seven young lives in this extraordinary collection of short stories. In the overlapping years when childhood and adolescence blend and shift like waves and sand, nothing is certain and everything is changing. Now award-winning author Avi creates seven astonishing portraits of life in the middle-school years. In these stories you will meet, among others, William, of What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything? who wonders why he shouldn't ask questions that have no answers. Is it because he might discover the truth? A minister's son, the baddest of the bad, is dared to be good in The Goodness of Matt Kaizer. And in the chilling tale, Pets, Eve is haunted by the ghosts of her cats. Always with a surprise built in, an angle unseen, these are stories that step just beyond the edge of the everyday. |
| common lit answer key: Reading to Max Renee Kurilla, 2018 Ben discovers that reading gets easier when he reads to Max, a cat at the shelter. When Max is adopted from the shelter, Ben is disappointed--but then his neighbor has a surprise for Ben. |
| common lit answer key: IGen Jean M. Twenge, 2017-08-22 Analyzes how the young people born in the mid-1990s and later significantly differ from those of previous generations, examining how social media and texting may be behind today's unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness -- Prové de l'editor. |
| common lit answer key: Love to Langston Tony Medina, 2002 This inspiring biography on Langston Hughes celebrates his life through poetry. |
| common lit answer key: Animal Farm George Orwell, 2024 |
| common lit answer key: Raymond's Run Toni Cade Bambara, 2014 A story about Squeaky, the fastest thing on two feet, and her brother Raymond. |
| common lit answer key: The Yellow Wall-Paper Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 2024-03-21 She has just given birth to their child. He labels her postpartum depression as »hysteria.« He rents the attic in an old country house. Here, she is to rest alone – forbidden to leave her room. Instead of improving, she starts hallucinating, imagining herself crawling with other women behind the room's yellow wallpaper. And secretly, she records her experiences. The Yellow Wall-Paper [1892] is the short but intense, Gothic horror story, written as a diary, about a woman in an attic – imprisoned in her gender; by the story. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist novella was long overlooked in American literary history. Nowadays, it is counted among the classics. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935), born in Hartford, Connecticut, was an American feminist theorist, sociologist, novelist, short story writer, poet, and playwright. Her writings are precursors to many later feminist theories. With her radical life attitude, Perkins Gilman has been an inspiration for many generations of feminists in the USA. Her most famous work is the short story The Yellow Wall-Paper [1892], written when she suffered from postpartum psychosis. |
| common lit answer key: Look Both Ways Jason Reynolds, 2020-10-27 A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school-- |
| common lit answer key: Understanding by Design Grant P. Wiggins, Jay McTighe, 2005 What is understanding and how does it differ from knowledge? How can we determine the big ideas worth understanding? Why is understanding an important teaching goal, and how do we know when students have attained it? How can we create a rigorous and engaging curriculum that focuses on understanding and leads to improved student performance in today's high-stakes, standards-based environment? Authors Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and many other questions in this second edition of Understanding by Design. Drawing on feedback from thousands of educators around the world who have used the UbD framework since its introduction in 1998, the authors have greatly revised and expanded their original work to guide educators across the K-16 spectrum in the design of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. With an improved UbD Template at its core, the book explains the rationale of backward design and explores in greater depth the meaning of such key ideas as essential questions and transfer tasks. Readers will learn why the familiar coverage- and activity-based approaches to curriculum design fall short, and how a focus on the six facets of understanding can enrich student learning. With an expanded array of practical strategies, tools, and examples from all subject areas, the book demonstrates how the research-based principles of Understanding by Design apply to district frameworks as well as to individual units of curriculum. Combining provocative ideas, thoughtful analysis, and tested approaches, this new edition of Understanding by Design offers teacher-designers a clear path to the creation of curriculum that ensures better learning and a more stimulating experience for students and teachers alike. |
| common lit answer key: The Market Square Dog James Herriot, 1991-08-15 The famous veterinarian tries to heal a stray dog and find him a home. |
| common lit answer key: Thank You, M'am Langston Hughes, 2014-08 When a young boy named Roger tries to steal the purse of a woman named Luella, he is just looking for money to buy stylish new shoes. After she grabs him by the collar and drags him back to her home, he's sure that he is in deep trouble. Instead, Roger is soon left speechless by her kindness and generosity. |
| common lit answer key: Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms Mark Twain, 2022-09-16 DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms by Mark Twain. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature. |
| common lit answer key: Radiance of Tomorrow Ishmael Beah, 2014-01-07 A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. Named one of the Christian Science Monitor's best fiction books of the year. When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the fate of child soldiers that everyone in the world should read (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature, has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. At the center of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie, two longtime friends who return to their hometown, Imperi, after the civil war. The village is in ruins, the ground covered in bones. As more villagers begin to come back, Benjamin and Bockarie try to forge a new community by taking up their former posts as teachers, but they're beset by obstacles: a scarcity of food; a rash of murders, thievery, rape, and retaliation; and the depredations of a foreign mining company intent on sullying the town's water supply and blocking its paths with electric wires. As Benjamin and Bockarie search for a way to restore order, they're forced to reckon with the uncertainty of their past and future alike. With the gentle lyricism of a dream and the moral clarity of a fable, Radiance of Tomorrow is a powerful novel about preserving what means the most to us, even in uncertain times. |
| common lit answer key: Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 William Bradford, 1952 Records the history of Plymouth Plantation as written by Bradford in his journals of 1620-1647. |
| common lit answer key: The Million Pound Bank Note Illustrated Mark Twain, 2020-09-29 The Million Pound Bank Note is a short story by the American author Mark Twain, published in 1893. |
| common lit answer key: The Circuit Francisco Jiménez, 1997 A collection of stories about the life of a migrant family. |
| common lit answer key: The Pedestrian Ray Bradbury, 1951 |
| common lit answer key: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances Neil Gaiman, 2015-02-03 'Breathtakingly good' Observer 'One of the best twist-writers at work today' Guardian --- We are all wearing masks. That's what makes us interesting. These are stories about those masks, and the people we are underneath them. Secure your own mask before reading. Before being transported to worlds filled with witches, watchers and big black bees, with deathless Kin and pirate girls, with things that prowl in the darkness beyond the circle fire, to find the Shadder lurking at your journey's end. But then what happens? There's always something waiting for you. There's always more. Just keep turning the pages. This cornucopia of storytelling will open your eyes to the darkness around you, the magic and the monsters, the myths and the miracles, and the truths we find in the most extraordinary of places. 'He masters fear like no other writer' Independent on Sunday NEIL GAIMAN. WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES. |
| common lit answer key: Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe, 2020-06-09 In a kingdom by the sea, two young people fall in love. A cruel fate, however, was reserved for Annabel Lee. You will fall in love too with this beautiful work by Edgar Allan Poe, available in Portuguese and English editions. The Portuguese language version was even beautifully translated by Fernando Pessoa. POE Young Readers team worked tirelessly on this edition, retelling Poe's verses with beautiful watercolor-style illustrations. |
| common lit answer key: Roughing It Mark Twain, 2020-05 My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of Mr. Secretary, gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother. I coveted his distinction and his financial splendor, but particularly and especially the long, strange journey he was going to make, and the curious new world he was going to explore. He was going to travel! I never had been away from home, and that word travel had a seductive charm for me. Pretty soon he would be hundreds and hundreds of miles away on the great plains and deserts, and among the mountains of the Far West, and would see buffaloes and Indians, and prairie dogs, and antelopes, and have all kinds of adventures, and may be get hanged or scalped, and have ever such a fine time, and write home and tell us all about it, and be a hero. And he would see the gold mines and the silver mines, and maybe go about of an afternoon when his work was done, and pick up two or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and silver on the hillside. |
| common lit answer key: Walking for My Life Jennifer Owings Dewey, 2018 A wrecked truck and a forced hike across the desert give Jennifer the chance to appreciate the beauty of the wild. |
| common lit answer key: A Retrieved Reformation O. Henry, 2020-08-26 Do you believe that people can change? Can a bank robber marry the banker’s daughter without having any hidden thoughts and intentions? A Retrieved Reformation tells the story of Jimmy, a formal prisoner, who decides to quit violating the law in the name of love. He takes up a new identity and starts a new life as an honorable man. However he is about to face a choice which can cost him his future. Will he sacrifice himself in order to save a child in danger or he will prefer to keep his old identity in secret? William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, was an American writer who lived in the late 19th century. He gains wide popularity with his short stories which often take place either in New York or some small American towns. The plot twists and the surprise endings are a typical and integral part of O. Henry’s short stories. Some of his best known works are The Gift of the Magi, The Cop and the Anthem, A Retrieved Reformation. His stories often deal with ordinary people and the individual aspects of life. As a result of the outstanding literature legacy that O. Henry left behind, there is an American annual award after his name, given to exceptional short stories. |
| common lit answer key: Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, 2023-04-27 A mesmerising story about a young girl growing up in America, finding a home and discovering her voice - a multi-award winning New York Times bestseller and President Obama's 'O' Book Club pick. Brown Girl Dreaming is the unforgettable story of Jacqueline Woodson's childhood, sharing what it was like to grow up as an African-American in the wake of the Civil Rights movement, and discovering the first sparks of an incredible, lifelong gift for writing. It's packed with wonderful reflections on family and on place, in a way that will appeal to readers from 11 to adult. Emotionally charged and touching, each line tells the tale of one girl's search to find her voice, her identity and her place in the world. This book has been a bestseller in the US for almost a decade, winning every accolade and prize including the prestigious Newbery Honor Award, and is now made available to readers in the UK for the first time. |
| common lit answer key: The Bet Anton Chekhov, 1958-01-01 |
| common lit answer key: The Stolen Party and Other Stories Liliana Heker, 1994 |
| common lit answer key: The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien, 2009-10-13 A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. |
| common lit answer key: Move to the Beat Colin Hickey, Jordan Benissan demonstrates music that's part of everyday life in Togo. |
| common lit answer key: Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe, 1994-09-01 “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities. |
| common lit answer key: Luck Mark Twain, 2016-01-06 Luck is a classic humorous short story written by Mark Twain and first published in 1891. It's about a hero who is really a fool, and why he owes it all to luck. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called The Great American Novel. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his humorous story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its complexity and imprecision. In the wake of these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers eventually overcame his financial troubles. Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so. Twain was born shortly after a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it, too. He died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the greatest American humorist of his age, and William Faulkner called Twain the father of American literature. Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but evolved into a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-career, with Huckleberry Finn, he combined rich humor, sturdy narrative and social criticism. Twain was a master at rendering colloquial speech and helped to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American themes and language. Many of Twain's works have been suppressed at times for various reasons. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been repeatedly restricted in American high schools, not least for its frequent use of the word nigger, which was in common usage in the pre-Civil War period in which the novel was set. |
| common lit answer key: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment Illustrated Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2021-02-09 Dr. Heidegger's Experiment a short story by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, about a doctor who claims to have been sent water from the Fountain of Youth. Originally published anonymously in 1837, it was later published in Hawthorne's collection Twice-Told Tales, also in 1837. |
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Refer to the text to support your answer. [ RL.2, RL.3] Having diversity of life experience on a jury can expand the jury’s understanding of factors of the case. For instance, the 5th Juror grew up …
CommonLit | The Four Dragons - Cloudinary
6. PART B: Which detail from the folktale best supports the answer to Part A? A. “‘The water will be like rain drops and come down to save the people’” (Paragraph 16) B. “discovered these …
CommonLit | Emmett Till - Watson Institute
May 26, 2020 · The jury was made up of entirely white men. After listening to the facts of the case for five days, they deliberated7for just 67 minutes before concluding that Bryant and Milam …
CommonLit | A Dream Within a Dream - SharpSchool
2. PART B: Which lines from the poem best support the answer to Part A? A. “Thus much let me avow — / You are not wrong, who deem” (Lines 3-4) B. “And I hold within my hand / Grains of …
CommonLit | Heart to Heart - pwm.sumnerschools.org
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. How does the phrase “just a thick clutch of muscle, lopsided, mute” contribute to …
CommonLit | Annabel Lee - SCHOOLinSITES
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text? A. …
CommonLit | Trujillo & the Mirabal Sisters - Read. Write.
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the …
The Kitty Genovese Murder: What Really Happened?
PART B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. “The New York Times picked up the story, printing a shocking headline that ‘37 bystanders’ continued about …
CommonLit | McCarthyism - Mrs. Bottesi's Class
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? A. The …
CommonLit | Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life Behind Bars?
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best identifies a central idea of the article? A. …
CommonLit | Life Isn't Fair — Deal With It - SCHOOLinSITES
answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in …
Ju n e 2023 - CommonLit
co lla bo r a tio n . That’s why we created C o mmo n Lit 360 f o r Middle S ch o o l E ditio n 2.0, a full English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for grades 6-8 with everything teachers need to …
CommonLit | A Dream Within a Dream - JENNIE CREATES
Name: Class: "Song Lyrics" by Silke Remmery is licensed under CC BY 2.0. "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allen Poe (1849) is in the public domain.
CommonLit | Should we scoff at the idea of love at first sight?
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text? A. Studies …
CommonLit | Excerpt from The Harvest Gypsies - Mrs.
common life and work experiences of migrant farm workers. At this season of the year, when California's great crops are coming into harvest, the heavy grapes, the prunes, the apples and …
CommonLit | Drones Put Spying Eyes in The Sky
increasingly common use of drone technology. Snitch, a computer scientist at the University of Maryland in College Park, combines a drone’s view with math and computer software to find …
CommonLit | Herd Behavior - Central Bucks School District
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best summarizes a central idea of the text? A. …
The Gift of the Magi - mrsharpe.weebly.com
The Gift of the Magi c Pearson Education Limited 2008 The Gift of the Magi - Answer keys of 2 Answer keys LEVEL 1 PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme Book key 1 Money …
ELA/Literacy: Grade 9 Paper Practice Test Answer and …
Paper Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document Unit 1 Items 1‐‐‐7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: “Departure” by Sherwood Anderson Item Number Answer(s) Standards …
CommonLit | Where the Sidewalk Ends - Leon County Schools
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which statement best describes the meaning of the phrase “peppermint …
CommonLit | Can Television Be Considered Literature and …
can help to bridge that gap by providing a common cultural ground in the way novels once did. The Importance of Reading Bridging that gap is important. Luckily, the conversations needed …
CommonLit Assessments Test Administration Guide
COMMON. LIT. This one-pager provides a brief overview of important guidelines for administering a CommonLit. Assessment in an in-class setting. Each Assessment is designed to assess …
CommonLit | The Phoenix Bird - Mythology & Folklore Weekly …
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which statement best expresses the theme of the text? A. The …
CommonLit | Anti-Jewish Legislation in Prewar Germany
2. Part B: Which phrase from the text provides the best answer to Part A? A. "The first wave of legislation, from 1933 to 1934, focused largely on limiting the participation of Jews in German …
CommonLit | The Salem (and other) Witch Hunts
party members. When they refused to answer, they were cited for contempt18of Congress, fired from their jobs and in 1950 began serving a one-year jail sentence. The start of the “Second …
CommonLit | The Raven
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best explains the relationship between the …
CommonLit | Burning a Book - Mrs. Chapman
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best summarizes the theme of this poem? A. …
Do Teens Need Recess? - us-static.z-dn.net
elementary schools offer recess for students. However, having this break in the day is not common for students in middle and high school. In this text, high school students Ryan Nguyen …
CommonLit | Raymond’s Run - Ms. Zepp
like that doesn’t deserve an answer. Besides, there’s just me and Gretchen standing there really, so no use wasting my breath talking to shadows. “I don’t think you’re going to win this time,” …
CommonLit | Identity - Educational Networks
PART B: Which section from the poem best supports the answer to Part A? A. "but harnessed to a pot of dirt." (Line 3) B. "to live, to feel exposed to the madness" (Line 8) C. "I'd rather be …
CommonLit | Lessons from failure: Why we try, try again
started. For instance, one set of players encountered an “exam.” They had to guess at the right answer to a test, pressing the right key to move forward. If they guessed wrong, they moved …
CommonLit | Identity - Miss McGuire's Classes
PART B: Which section from the poem best supports the answer to Part A? A. “but harnessed to a pot of dirt.” (Line 3) B. “to live, to feel exposed to the madness” (Line 8) C. “I'd rather be …
CommonLit | We Wear the Mask - mrfernandoferrer.com
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text? A. …
CommonLit | The Scottsboro Boys
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? A. The …
CL360 Edition 2.0 for Middle School Scope and Sequence
COMMON LIT 360 Unit 5 Reading: Comparing and contrasting across texts Writing Transitions to compare and contrast - Revising for sentence variety Speaking and Listening - Effectively …
CommonLit | FDR and the New Deal
and oblivious to the nation’s hardships, the justices struck down two key measures of the New Deal in 1935 — the National Industrial Recovery Act. 16. and the Agricultural Adjustment Act. …
CommonLit | The Bet
safe the key of the door which had not been opened for fifteen years, put on his overcoat, and went out of the house. It was dark and cold in the garden. Rain was falling. A damp cutting …
CommonLit | The Lion in Love
Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: How does the father’s solution to his problem influence the events of …
CommonLit | The Voting Rights Act of 1965
intense struggle for equality and justice. Common forms of protest included boycotts, sit-ins, marches, and a wide range of other nonviolent demonstrations. As you read, take notes on the …
