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Say the word \"Halloween\" out loud and slow it down, and a hidden message floats to the surface. That first part, \"hallow,\" is an old English word that means to make holy, or a holy person-a saint. The \"een\" on the end is a squished-up leftover of the word\"evening. \" So the name of your candy-collecting, costume-wearing night literally means \"the holy evening\" -the night before a serious church holiday.  \nThat serious holiday is All Saints' Day, and it explains everything about the name. Long before jack-o'-lanterns, the church set aside November 1 to honor all the saints at once, and it called this day All Hallows'Day. In old England, an important day often began the evening before, so October 31 became known as \"All Hallows' Even,\" with \"even\" being the poetic word for evening. Picture people centuries ago saying that whole mouthful over and over- it was bound to get shorter. Sure enough, \"All Hallows' Even\" wore down to\"Hallowe'en,\" and eventually the apostrophe was dropped to give us the Halloween we spell today.  \nThat tumbling-down of a long phrase into one snappy word didn't stay locked inside a church calendar. It got a huge boost from a Scottish poet named Robert Burns, who in 1785 wrote a lively poem he simply called \"Halloween. \" Burns filled his verses with the games, pranks, and folk customs country people played on that night, and readers loved it. Thanks partly to famous writing like his, the word and its playful traditions spread far beyond the villages where they started. When Scottish and Irish families later carried their customs across the ocean, the word sailed right along with them.  \nThose traveling families packed more than a word into their trunks; they brought a whole night of glowing lights and disguises. Here is where I think the story gets genuinely clever: people once carved scary faces into turnips and other vegetables to hold a small flame. When immigrants reached North America, they found pumpkins-bigger, softer, and far easier to carve than a rock-hard turnip. The pumpkin became the jack-o'-lantern we know, proving that a tradition changes shape to fit whatever a new home offers. In my view, that willingness to adapt is exactly why the holiday survived at all.  \nIt's worth pausing on why any of this still matters when you're zipping up a costume.  \nEvery October 31, millions of people say a word that quietly carries a thousand years of history inside it. According to a National Retail Federation survey, Halloween is one of the most popular holidays for spending in the United States, right up there with the winter holidays. Yet almost nobody stops to notice that\"Halloween\" is just \"holy evening\" in a well-worn disguise of its own. And that may be the most delightful trick of all: the scariest-sounding night on the calendar hides one of the gentlest names.  \nAll Hallows' Eve: How Halloween Got Its Name Name:  \n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the central idea that ties this whole passage together?\u003Cbr>A. Robert Burns invented the holiday of Halloween in Scotland in 1785.\u003Cbr>B. Pumpkins have always been the main symbol of Halloween everywhere.\u003Cbr>C. The name \"Halloween\" comes from \"holy evening\" and changed over centuries.\u003Cbr>D. All Saints' Day and Halloween are two names for the exact same event. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What claim about Halloween's popularity does the passage support with a named source?\u003Cbr>A. It is celebrated by exactly half of all American families.\u003Cbr>B. 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It is the oldest holiday still celebrated in North America. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Wh","cbCaiaVhVSqwvVHW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaVhVSqwvVHW","pdf",104446,"English","# Central idea and main claim\n## Popularity evidence\n## Language change from “All Hallows' Even” to “Hallowe'en”\n## Author's point of view\n## Turnip to pumpkin lanterns\n## Meaning of “hallow”\n## Key dates and Burns' role","[{\"question\":\"What is the central idea of the passage?\",\"answer\":\"The passage explains that “Halloween” comes from “holy evening” and changed over centuries, linking religious origins to modern traditions.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the passage support Halloween’s popularity with a named source?\",\"answer\":\"It cites a National Retail Federation survey stating Halloween is one of the most popular U.S. holidays for spending.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did “All Hallows' Even” gradually become “Hallowe'en”?\",\"answer\":\"The passage says the long phrase was a mouthful, so repeated use wore it down into a shorter form.\"}]","All Hallows' Eve: How Halloween Got Its Name - Name - Solve each problem | PDF",1790807293,11]