What happened after Daniel Sullivan first noticed the fire? Use information from the text to support your answer. Sequence the next FIVE events in your answers. Use sequence words such as next, then, also, at that same time, etc. to help show the order of events.
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Why did the city of Chicago burn so quickly? Use at least three specifice pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer.
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Which of the following statements describes what an author's claim is?
order of occurrence that events took place
a belief or opinion an author has about the topic
the information or facts you use to support your claim
words or phrases not intended for literal meaning
Which sentence below is the claim?
Middle-class and poorer districts were even more susceptible to fire during this time. The homes and other stuructures were built so close together due to the small size of the lots. Many factories that contained flammable and hazardous materials were close by. Many of these structures also were made of wood rather than more expesive alternatives like brick or stone.
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Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Which of the following is an argument that helps support the following claim?
Outbreaks of fires had been on the rise for several years during this time.
It was a particularly windy day.
The entire city was practically built out of wood.
Five hundred fifteen fires had been reported in 1868, which had increased from 186 reported fires in 1863.
Trees drroped and grass and leaves dried out.
The following sentence is an example of what figurative language?
"...a barn smoldered for a few minutes, then flared up into a thousand yellow-orange fingers."
simile
metaphor
personification
alliteration
The following sentence is an example of what figurative language?
"Over 55 miles of ...street and 600 miles of wooden sidewalks bound the 23,000 acres of the city like a highly combustible knot."
simile
metaphor
personificaiton
alliteration
What was the primary purpose of this story?
persuade
inform
entertain
express feelings or thoughts
What was the first thing Patrick O'Leary did when he learned their barn was on fire?
Patrick and neighbors began pouring water on the cottage.
He yelled for his wife Kate and got his children to safety.
Went and checked on his seventeen-month-old baby's room to see why he was crying.