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CAHSEE 1.3 Passage Drill. Which of the following is the best way to express the meaning of the word alumni in this sentence?
CAHSEE 1.2 Passage Drill. Which of these sentences from the story best illustrates the sensitive side of the narrator's nature?
CAHSEE 1.4 Passage Drill. What does the use of flashbacks accomplish in "Graduation"?
CAHSEE ELA 2.4 Word Analysis 194 Views
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Reading: Word Analysis, Problem 4. What do the underlined words suggest a feeling of?
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- 00:03
Here's a vocabby shmoop do jour... Here's the passage you have to worry about:
- 00:19
Ok so in this passage, the words excited, looking forward, and can't wait suggest a feeling
- 00:25
of.... Uh... what?
- 00:27
Here are the potential answers:
- 00:33
So... what is this question asking? Yeah, how PSYCHED are you?
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- 00:38
Schooool's OUT for SUMMER! --
- 00:41
No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks...
- 00:44
So... does this sound fearful?
- 00:47
No
- 00:47
Hungry?
- 00:49
Uh.. no. Just no.
- 00:51
Is there gratitude in tone -- answer B? -- well, yes there IS gratitude in there but that's
- 00:58
not what the words EXCITED and LOOKING FORWARD and CAN'T WAIT point to.
- 01:03
There's only one left -- yeah, The Eager Bunny.
- 01:06
Answer A, as in "egg." All right, maybe we need a spelling lesson or two, but you
- 01:10
get the idea.
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