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There are no plastic costumes or candy bars in sight, but a word is being whispered that you would recognize in a heartbeat: Hallowe'en. Have you ever wondered where that spooky word actually came from? The answer is a little detective story hidden inside the letters of the word itself.  \nTo crack the case, you have to start with a day you might not expect: November 1. Long ago, many Christians set aside that date as All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and holy people, whom people once called \"hallows. \" Another name for that holiday was All Hallows' Day, and the evening before it was called All Hallows' Even. \"Even\" was simply an old-fashioned word for evening, the way\"morn\" is a short word for morning.  \nHere is where the word begins to shrink like a sweater in hot water. Over many years, people got tired of saying such a long mouthful, so \"All Hallows' Even\" slowly squeezed down to \"Hallowe'en. \"That little mark called an apostrophe stands in for the letters that got dropped, just as it does in\"don't\" or \"can't. \" Eventually even the apostrophe faded away, leaving us with the plain, familiar Halloween we spell today.  \nThat shortened spelling might have stayed a quiet local word if a famous poet had not written it down. In 1785, the Scottish poet Robert Burns published a lively poem simply titled \"Halloween,\"describing the games and traditions of country folk on that autumn night. Because Burns was widely read, his poem helped carry the word far beyond the villages where it began. Words travel the same way stories do, passed from mouth to mouth and page to page until half the world knows them.  \nSo the next time you hear the word, remember that you are saying a tiny piece of history out loud. Tucked inside \"Halloween\" are the \"hallows,\" or holy people, honored on November 1, and the \"een\" that once meant evening. A word you shout while trickor-treating is really an ancient phrase that has been folded up smaller and smaller for hundreds of years. Not bad for a single word that most people spell without ever guessing its secret!  \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 main idea of this passage?\u003Cbr>A. Robert Burns invented the holiday of Halloween in Scotland in 1785.\u003Cbr>B. Halloween costumes and candy have changed greatly over two hundred years.\u003Cbr>C. The word \"Halloween\" comes from an old phrase that slowly shortened overtime.\u003Cbr>D. All Saints' Day is the most important holiday celebrated in November. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What was Robert Burns's 1785 poem about?\u003Cbr>A. The games and traditions of country folk on that autumn night.\u003Cbr>B. The history of how the word Halloween was spelled.\u003Cbr>C. The saints and holy people honored on November 1.\u003Cbr>D. The costumes and candy children collect today. |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) In this passage, what does the word \"hallows\" mean?\u003Cbr>A. Games that country folk played at night.\u003Cbr>B. Saints or holy people who were honored.\u003Cbr>C. Costumes worn on the last night of October.\u003Cbr>D. Evenings that come before big holidays. |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) What did the old word \"even\" mean?\u003Cbr>A. It was a short word for the morning.\u003Cbr>B. It was another word for a saint or holy person.\u003Cbr>C. It meant a game played on October 31.\u003Cbr>D. It was an old-fashioned word for evening. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) What overall structure does the author use to explain the word?\u003Cbr>A. A comparison of Halloween with several other autumn holidays.\u003Cbr>B. A description of what Halloween looks and sounds like today.\u003Cbr>C. A problem and its solution found by a Scottish poet.\u003Cbr>D. A time order showing how the phrase","cbCaiciuLBwKMF3s","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiciuLBwKMF3s","pdf",102103,"English","# Reading Comprehension Questions\n## Main idea and purpose\n## Key details and vocabulary\n## Text structure and timeline\n## Word history and interpretation","[{\"question\":\"What is the main idea of the passage?\",\"answer\":\"The passage explains how the word “Halloween” came from “All Hallows’ Even,” describing how the spelling shortened over time and how Robert Burns’s poem helped spread it.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “hallows” mean in the passage?\",\"answer\":\"In the passage, “hallows” means saints or holy people honored on November 1.\"},{\"question\":\"How did “All Hallows’ Even” change into “Hallowe’en”?\",\"answer\":\"The passage says people grew tired of saying the long phrase, so it slowly shrank; the apostrophe marks letters that were dropped and later the spelling became “Halloween.”\"},{\"question\":\"How did Robert Burns help the word “Halloween” spread?\",\"answer\":\"Because Burns was widely read, his 1785 poem titled “Halloween” carried the word beyond the Scottish villages where it began.\"}]","All Hallows' Eve - How Halloween Got Its Name - Solve Each Problem | PDF",1790809779,18]