Cite strong and thorough text evidence to support analysis of what a text says as well as what it implies.
Read the short story "The Pie" by Gary Soto. Refer back to it while answering the questions that follow.
The statement “My face was sticky with guilt” (line 71-72) suggests that Gary’s actions are...
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The word “it” (line 28) refers to the...
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What word best describes the narrator’s tone in paragraph 3?
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The words “the pie like a discus in my hand” (line 23-24) is an example of...
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The purpose of the boy crawling underneath the house (lines 84-93) is to...
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The function of the sentence “A burp perfumed the air” (lines 53-54) is to...
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The function of Cross-Eyed Johnny’s comment: “Your hands are dirty” (line 66) is to...
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The sentence “A squirrel nailed itself high on the trunk, where it forked into two large bark-scabbed limbs” (lines 27-29) is an example of...
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One can infer that the six-year-old Gary knew that stealing was wrong because he...
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The reader can infer that Soto is feeling guilt by the way he...
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