Open Response INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE
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Culminating Free Response Question
Determine the figurative and connotative meanings of the following words and phrases as they
are used in "The Road Not Taken":
- fair
- claim
- grassy
- "wanted wear"
Explain how these words and phrases add to the meaning of the choice the speaker makes in the
second stanza of the poem.
In your response, be sure to:
• determine the figurative and connotative meanings of "fair," "claim," "grassy," and "wanted
wear"
• explain how the words and phrases add to the meanings of the choice the speaker makes in the
second stanza
• use details from the poem to support your answer
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The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

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