Sitting on her bed, eating a Christmas chocolate, was a squirrel. Hannah watched it for a minute before the squirrel looked up s
uddenly. The squirrel saw Hannah and jumped onto the windowsill, looked back briefly, and then dashed out the open window. Hannah smiled and shouted downstairs, "Mom, I've just solved my first mystery!"
Read the excerpt from the poem "Shiny Paper on a Stair."
The burglar was helping himself to a feast
When Hannah realized the villain was a beast.
A squirrel was indeed the culprit this time.
She knew that she still had a mountain to climb.
What is a difference between how the authors show the main characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions in the story The Mystery of the Shiny Paper and the poem "Shiny Paper on a Stair"?
Question 1 options:
In The Mystery of the Shiny Paper, Hannah wanted to be a super-sleuth. In "Shiny Paper on a Stair," Hannah longed to become a detective.
In The Mystery of the Shiny Paper, Hannah smiled and shouted. In "Shiny Paper on a Stair," Hannah felt as though she still had a mountain to climb.
In The Mystery of the Shiny Paper, Hannah carried on up the stairs despite the ripped bits of shiny paper. In "Shiny Paper on a Stair," Hannah aimed to face down the danger she sensed in the house.
In The Mystery of the Shiny Paper, Hannah found the Sherlock Holmes story captivating. In "Shiny Paper on a Stair," Hannah became a Sherlock Holmes fan after reading The Speckled Band.
