Read the quotation from The Crisis, Number IV . “It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.” Which phrase best describes the “cause” that Paine refers to?
Which is the best summary of the final paragraph of The Crisis, Number IV ?
Read the statement. Achieving independence requires sacrifice and determination. This statement is the The Crisis, Number IV ’s
Which best describes the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence?
Read the excerpt from the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." Why does Jefferson conclude with this statement?
Which statement best describes the ways that the speakers in "A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason" and "Deliverance From Another Sore Fit" achieve contentment?
How are the speakers’ senses of self-esteem similar in "A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason" and "Deliverance From Another Sore Fit"?
Read the stanza from “Deliverance From Another Sore Fit.” “Thou knowest the sorrows that I felt; My plaints and groans were heard of Thee, And how in sweat I seemed to melt Thou help'st and Thou regardest me.” What does the word regardest suggest about the speaker’s attitude toward God?
Which statement best describes the rhyme scheme of "A Thought on the Inestimable Blessing of Reason"?
Which sentence in the paragraph is structured differently than the others?
Which is the best example of a vivid sensory detail?
Read this excerpt from "The Origin of the Robin." His father visited him regularly every morning, to encourage him to perseverance, describing at length the honor and renown that would attend him through life if he accomplished the full term prescribed. According to this excerpt, which best describes the father’s hope for his son?
Why is "The Origin of the Robin" considered a creation myth?
What does "The Origin of the Robin" suggest about Ojibwa views of the parent-child relationship?
Based on "The Origin of the Robin," which statement best illustrates the Ojibwa view on an individual's growth and change?
What is the most logical way to sequence these sentences to create a logical narrative?
Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.” I think first it’s important, before I start talking about what we’re doing today in the 1990s and what we did throughout the eighties or even the seventies in rebuilding our tribe; I think it’s really, really important to put our current work and our current issues in a historical context. Read Sahil’s paraphrase of the excerpt. Student Work Wilma Mankiller says that it is important to understand the historical reasons for needing to rebuild the Cherokee tribe, and then she will start talking about what they’re doing today (in the 1990s), and what they did throughout the eighties or even the seventies. Which paraphrasing mistake has Sahil made?
Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.” I can’t tell you how many everyday Americans that I’ve talked with who’ve visited a tribal community in Oklahoma or in other places, and they’ve looked around and they saw all the social indicators of decline: high infant mortality, high unemployment, many, many other very serious problems among our people, and they always ask, "What happened to these people? Why do native peoples have all these problems?”, and I think that in order to understand the contemporary issues we’re dealing with today and how we plan to dig our way out . . . you have to understand a little bit about history. Read Lily’s paraphrase of the excerpt. Student Work Wilma Mankiller cannot say how many people she has talked to who visit a tribe and see evidence that things are not going well and then ask questions about why Indigenous people have so many problems. She thinks that, in order to comprehend the modern problems tribal communities have, people have to do research into history. Which paraphrasing mistake has Lily made?
Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.” The other thing that I saw which is, I think, one of the single most important things that we continue to have as native people, and that’s a sense of interdependence. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to travel extensively in this country and abroad, and I can tell you that even though our people are very fragmented today, we still, in the more traditional communities still have a sense of interdependence. I can still motivate people in communities to do something because it helps their neighbor, or helps the person down the road, or helps the community much more than I can motivate people to do something just because it helps themselves. Which sentence provides the best introduction to the quotation?
Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.” Our tribal council had no idea how to run a school for girls, and so they sent a group of emissaries to Mount Holyoke and asked the head of Mount Holyoke to send some teachers back to show us how to put together a school for girls. So we built an educational system and began this process of healing and rebuilding ourselves as a people. Which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from the excerpt?
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