Highlight words or phrases that signal a cause. Giuseppe D'Amico, Teresa's father, had a hard time finding a job in America. He was an electrician by trade, but he couldn't get a job in Manhattan because the electricians were already unionized. —"Sicurella Family" from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears," Ellis Island National Monument Online Choose one cause that a signal word in the text helps you identify. What was the effect of the cause you chose?

True or false: a writer uses ellipses to indicate an omission or that something has been left out of a direct quote.

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.

Read the passage. which statement best describes how pacing of events heightens tension