A Main Ideas Read each statement. Decide if it is True or False according to the reading.
Check (7) the appropriate box. Discuss your answers with a partner.
TRUE FALSE
1. Tony is a young man who cannot travel.
2. Tony is different from other young travelers in that he is
totally blind and 80 percent deaf.
3. What Tony likes most about traveling is the beautiful
scenery.
4. Tony thinks that he can learn more from traveling than
from books.

Read the passage adapted from aesop’s fables. what is the theme of the story?

Alex barely reached the airport to catch his flight. but a minute later, he found that his passport was missing. he let out a loud groan and picked up his dropped luggage. as he walked through the airport exit, he saw his airplane soaring into the sky. the passage is in third-person point of view, which is revealed through the use of the subject, alex, and the use of the pronouns he and his. think about how much distance the narrator maintains toward the character. what type of third-person point of view is used? a; third-person limited b; third-person objective c; third-person omniscient

Which of the following sentences most clearly uses topical organization? a. do you have problems with mosquitoes and gnats? fabulous exterminators can ! b. we've gathered at this conference to discuss three things: poverty, war, and disease. c. killer bees have spread up from south america into mexico and the united states. d. first, gather all the painting supplies you need. next, lay them out on a work bench.