She has a hard time relaxing.

She has devotion for animals.

She is tireless.

She is responsible.

northern

unpredictable

snowy

gloomy

She loves language and has a vivid imagination.

She pays attention to yearly patterns.

She thinks of nature as calming

She is attached to familiar things and is close to her family.

"I took off my apron and was running across to the barn for the pickup before Dad had taken his hat from behind the door:' (paragraph 17)

"She stood there untying her bandanna and I watched her as though I didn't know her face better than my own:' (paragraph 14)

"It might go higher along toward Christmas, but we couldn't wait for that:' (paragraph 2)

"We had to sell our wheat this month and not hold it over; that is, we did if I was going to the university that fall:' (paragraph 2)

It is a landmark.

It was designed by an architect

It is a beautiful building.

It is an old building.

decreased the value of

made greedy by giving too much

took away an opportunity

made unfit for use

by exaggerating how harsh the winter months are

by using elements of humor

by showing how the narrator interacts with her family

by sharing the narrator's thoughts

It hints that Baum was a serious person who told silly stories.

It indicates how much children admired Baum and his stories.

It hints that Baum was a serious person who told silly stories.

It shows how rarely Baum told his stories to others.

They are different from children's stories of today.

They are enjoyed more by children than by adults.

They are more entertaining than educational.

They are good at providing a strong moral.

by listing characters that appeared in Baum's books

by emphasizing that many books Baum wrote were forgotten

by describing the work for which Baum is best known

by explaining that other authors continued Baum's work

Baum's older siblings influenced his approach toward education.

Baum's home education affected how he felt about other children.

Baum's constant reading of fairy tales influenced his later writing.

Baum's health problems affected how he felt about his family.

It gives the cause for the events in the remainder of the article.

It summarizes the first five paragraphs of the article.

It contrasts the first half of the article with the second half.

It serves as the topic sentence for the remainder of the article.

Baum lived for several years in a small prairie town.

Baum had to overcome many difficulties throughout his life.

Baum was devoted to his wife and family

Baum wrote a play and acted in the starring role.

They offered an exciting way to learn about the world around them.

They offered a chance to invent new and exciting characters and places.

They offered a new perspective on how adults and children should behave.

They offered an entertaining distraction from the harsh realities of life.

She gets easily distracted.

She thinks her father knows best.

She has a strong imagination.

She seldom misspells a word.

It suggests that Eliza is unwilling to compete in the bee.

It suggests that the bee seems unreal to Eliza.

It suggests that the bee is stressful for Eliza.

It suggests that Eliza doubts she will win the bee.

"She wants to win with a word so difficult her father will have to admit that he was wrong, that the letters are already guiding her." (paragraph 1)

"The judge's voice is ever neutral, revealing nothing." (paragraph 21)

"Eliza finds herself bracing for the next blow, but none comes." (paragraph 10)

"Eliza wants to see herself through the judge's eyes." (paragraph 22)

her discomfort standing in front of the audience

her inability to understand the judges

her difficulty with spelling the assigned word correctly

her concern about impressing her father

her intelligence

her confidence

her patience

her enthusiasm

Eliza empties her mind and sees the letters come up as images.

Eliza is one of seventeen spellers in this round of the spelling bee.

Eliza knows that difficult words follow easy words at spelling bees.

Eliza gets a word that means a kind of fabric with a twill weave.