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2019 (June): NY Regents - ELA

By Sara Cowley
Last updated about 2 months ago
26 Questions
Note from the author:
From the New York State Education Department. The University of the State of New York REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION REGENTS EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. Internet. Available from https://www.nysedregents.org/hsela/619/reela62019-exam.pdf; accessed 23, June, 2023.
From the New York State Education Department. The University of the State of New York REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION REGENTS EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. Internet. Available from https://www.nysedregents.org/hsela/619/reela62019-exam.pdf; accessed 23, June, 2023.
1.

The images in the first paragraph serve to

2.

Lines 12 through 19 establish

3.

The statement “it was a strange thought to come into a child’s mind” (line 41) signals

4.

The phrase “jumbled wasteland of craters, mountain ranges, and ravines” (line 45) reveals the

5.

The “glare” described in lines 62 and 72 represents Marvin’s

6.

Lines 68 through 70 emphasize Marvin’s

7.

The details in lines 72 through 75 confirm the Earth has been damaged by

8.

The images in lines 82 through 84 convey feelings of

9.

Which lines best capture Marvin’s understanding of his father’s perspective?

10.

Lines 1 through 4 establish the grandmother’s

11.

The figurative language in lines 9 and 10 highlights the grandmother’s

12.

Which phrase from the poem clarifies the narrator’s statement in line 30?

13.

The personification in lines 32 and 33 emphasizes the grandmother’s

14.

The overall tone of the poem can best be described as

15.

The first paragraph of the text serves to

16.

As used in line 7, the word “surreptitiously” most nearly means

17.

The details in lines 16 through 19 reveal that the telephone was initially

18.

The use of the word “cooed” (line 23) implies that telephone advertisers were

19.

Lines 29 through 38 illustrate society’s

20.

The figurative language in line 39 implies that telephone use would cause people to

21.

The statements from a Bell ad (lines 48 and 49) and the AT&T chief engineer (lines 55 and 56) offer

22.

The “utopian views” of the early 1900s (line 57) suggested that telephone use could

23.

The information about Emily Post (lines 58 through 62) contributes to a central idea that

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The quotations in lines 82 through 84 reflect a sense of

25.

Write your Argument here.


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Write your Text-Analysis Response here.