Fill in the Blanks
From the words below, supply the words needed to complete the sentences.
fortuitous
gesticulate
garish
g rotesque
A. Although he was
his
when he won the lottery, the money went quickly, due to
spending sprees of non essential items.
B. The sight of the dissected fetal pig was so
to the student, he could not talk.
In fact, the only way he could ask his group members to hand him tools, was to
what he wanted.

Read the excerpt and answer the question. the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards. what best describes the figurative language in the sentence above? idiom simile onomatopoeia personification

Respect for the environment means a: loving trees and animals b: not drinking out of streams c: making as little impact as possible on wilderness areas d: only using resources that are high in supply

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.