Answer the question. Then, explain how the context clues, or surrounding words and phrases, helped you determine your answer.

Do people's ancestors usually inherit their money?

The Latin root-trud-, also spelled -trus-, means "push" or "thrust." Something that protruded was pushed out from where it was supposed to be. Use the context clues and your knowledge of the root-trud- / -trus- to explain the meaning of each italicized word below. Then, explain how the word's meaning reflects the meaning of the root.

The pastry bag extruded icing when the baker squeezed it.

The Latin root-trud-, also spelled -trus-, means "push" or "thrust." Something that protruded was pushed out from where it was supposed to be. Use the context clues and your knowledge of the root-trud- / -trus- to explain the meaning of each italicized word below. Then, explain how the word's meaning reflects the meaning of the root.

Last night an intruder broke into the warehouse and robbed it.

The Latin root-trud-, also spelled -trus-, means "push" or "thrust." Something that protruded was pushed out from where it was supposed to be. Use the context clues and your knowledge of the root-trud- / -trus- to explain the meaning of each italicized word below. Then, explain how the word's meaning reflects the meaning of the root.

In the quiet library, a noisy child is obtrusive.

The Latin root-trud-, also spelled -trus-, means "push" or "thrust." Something that protruded was pushed out from where it was supposed to be. Use the context clues and your knowledge of the root-trud- / -trus- to explain the meaning of each italicized word below. Then, explain how the word's meaning reflects the meaning of the root.

Some uninvited guests are welcome, but others are simply intrusive.

Assume that your purpose for reading these myths was to learn about the Native American cultures that produced them.

(a) Identify at least two cultural characteristics that you learned from each myth.

(b) What does each characteristic reveal about the general attitudes of the culture that produced it?

Are the ideals Jefferson and Paine defend in these writings still important to Americans? Explain. In your response, use at least two of these Essential Question words: patriotism, service, authority, equality.

(a) Note where Bradstreet uses repetition in the first stanza.

(b) How does her use of repetition suggest a growing emotional intensity?

Clarify their meaning.

(a) To whom or what does the pronoun thy in line 38 refer?

(b) Whose cruel blindness is the speaker talking about?

How does Equiano show his great zest for life despite his assertion that he wants to die? Provide examples from the selection.

For each item, replace the italicized word with a synonym, or word of similar meaning, from the vocabulary list. Use each word once.

The train station was a primitive structure with no indoor plumbing.

Do you think the Puritans would have considered this poem useful? In your answer, use at least two of these Essential Question words: expression, practical, spiritual, labor.

The noun vigilance, meaning "watchfulness," contains the suffix -ance. Whenever you see a word with the -ance or -ence ending, you can be sure it is a noun. That suffix is a pattern that indicates the word's function. Words exhibit other patterns that indicate different meanings or functions. Write a definition for each italicized word below. Then, explain the word's function-noun, adjective, or adverb. Based on your answer, identify the letter pattern that indicates the word's function.

He showed great avarice in his drive for wealth.

What is the best summary of this passage?

A. Let us band together to defend ourselves.

B. We must labor to improve the lives of our children.

C. The separation of one continent from another is inevitable.

D. If we do good deeds, we will be blessed.