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An adverb describes or modifies a verb, another adverb, or an adjective. Adverbs answer how? where? when? how often? to what extent? how much? An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Adjectives answer which one? what kind? how many? whose? what color?

  Exercise One: Use this link to create the most common question types on the SAT Reading section. Apply them to the text you are reading.  Also, create the answers.  Be very specific.

Reread/analyze the text from paragraph 15 onward. Pay attention to characterization, theme(s), imagery, symbolism, conflict, dialogue, character motivation, point of view, setting, mood, shifts, and cultural mores (the accepted traditions, customs, morals, manners, and ways of a particular group). Be able to explain how these features add to the text. Also, create questions and answers specific to those sections of the text. Be ready to cite your examples and explain them during class discussion tomorrow.