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On the night of the blizzard, Sam’s little sister didn’t come home from her friend’s house. The phones were down. The snow came sideways, erasing the road.
Sam took the old sled and a lantern and pushed into the white. Every step sank to his knees. He shouted her name, but the wind tore the word apart before it left his mouth.
Halfway there, he found her — huddled in the bus shelter with her friend’s mother, who had tried to walk her home and been forced to stop.
He pulled them both home on the sled, one slow step at a time. Later, wrapped in blankets, his sister fell asleep against his shoulder. Sam stayed awake, listening to the house creak under the weight of snow, and thought that he had never felt so tired or so strong.
Vocabulary: huddled — determine its meaning from context: ________________
Worksheets › Grade 7 English › Craft & Structure › Craft & Structure
Free Grade 7 English worksheet (Common Core RL.7.4): analyze point of view, word choice and structure in "The Weight of Snow". Skill: Word choice, structure and point of view. Level: Grade 7 — also suits Year 8 (UK).
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Word choice, structure and point of view.
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