1. Page 60 - The meal had been turkey and they cooked it in the back yard in the barbecue over charcoal with the lid down tight. His father had put hickory chips on the charcoal and the smell of the cooking turkey and the
hickory smoke had filled the yard. When his father took the lid off, smiling, the smile that had come out was
unbelievable, and when they sat to eat the meat was wet with juice and rich and had the taste of smoke in it...
He had to stop this. His mouth was full of saliva and his stomach was twisting and growling.
This selection uses which common literary technique?
a) vivid imagery
b) factual information
c) first-person storytelling
d) dialogue between characters

Read the passage. (1) queen victoria of england remained in mourning for several years after the death of her husband, albert. (2) victoria did not like to be seen in public during that time. (3) she remained in seclusion in the palace and let her son, the prince of wales, represent her at most public functions. (4) she eventually returned to public life after prime minister benjamin disraeli persuaded her to do so. (5) upon her return, victoria showed concern for england’s poor and needy, which endeared her to her subjects. which is the most effective way to vary the sentence patterns in the passage? lengthen sentence 5. start sentences with different parts of speech. invert most of the sentences. combine sentences 3 and 4.