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Chapter XII
THE CABIN NEAR CHICAGO. Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan. It was June, the high tide of the year. The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers. The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.”
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
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From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
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From this reading THE CABIN NEAR CHICAGO.
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From this reading THE CABIN NEAR CHICAGO.
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
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From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
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From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
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From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
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From this reading It was June, the high tide of the year.
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was June, the high tide of the year.
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From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
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From this reading It was June, the high tide of the year.
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From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
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From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
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From this reading THE CABIN NEAR CHICAGO.
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was June, the high tide of the year.
above and across; more than
From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
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From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
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From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
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From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
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From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CABIN NEAR CHICAGO.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The long days poured their sunlight over the seas of flowers.
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From this reading It was June, the high tide of the year.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was June, the high tide of the year.
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From this reading Jasper and Waubeno crossed the prairies to Lake Michigan.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
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From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The prairie winds were cool, and the new vegetation was alive with insects and birds.
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From this reading It was June, the high tide of the year.
