How does the writer use language here to describe the rat? He saw it there, pushing through and twisting its head, saw the wet greasy fur and its mean
red eyes. He kicked at it and missed. The rat scuttled out from the tiny gap between the slat
supports and ran across the mud. Normally Alfred would have let it go. Rats were, after all,
commonplace but something, whether pent-up anger... hate... loss... pain... boredom,
whichever it was made him give chase after it.
The creature appeared sluggish, as if it were weighed down with overeating. It had most
likely been feeding on what was caught, left behind, in the lines and coils of barbed wire
which stretched for miles beyond the trench. The terrible sad debris of dead soldiers. The
remains that were left behind after a 6am push.

* Look for two or three powerful quotes that you are confident you understand and can
explain. What does the quote make you feel or think or imagine?
REMEMBER to USE = T(Technique), E (Evidence), E (Explain), Z (Zoom)
(8 Points)m

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. match each paragraph to its corresponding purpose. tiles: instructs describes persuades narrates pairs before you purchase a used car from a dealer or an individual, there are important steps you must take. first, examine the car using an inspection checklist, which you can download and print from many websites. then test-drive the car under a variety of road conditions, making sure that it handles well in many situations. finally, ask for the car’s maintenance report and make sure you understand any repairs made on the car. arrowboth "good morning, sal! " uncle freddie said. " for coming in so early today." uncle freddie danced as he spoke. sal yawned. he did not know how his uncle woke up so cheerfully before dawn every day. uncle freddie placed a tray of cookies in front of sal. "i need you to decorate these," he said. he handed sal several tubes of icing. arrowboth the hole created by the meteorite's impact, known as the barringer meteorite crater, can still be seen today. it is one mile wide and over 550 feet deep—20 football games could be played at the same time on its floor, and more than two million people could watch from its sloping sides. arrowboth you know the feeling: it’s minutes until the school bus comes, but you just rolled out of bed, threw on some clothes, barely brushed your teeth, and now you’re racing out the door to catch the bus. you skip breakfast again. that’s three days this week alone! it’s no wonder, then, that by second period you start to feel awful, with your stomach grumbling and your eyelids drooping. my fellow classmates, listen up! you may be surprised by how a few simple changes in your life can have a huge effect on how you feel morning, noon, and night! arrowboth