Which phrase describes one way to determine if a source is credible?
Which is an example of situational irony?
Miguel decides to revise his research question to focus on this new information. Which question best supports his new goal?
Is this an effective research process?
Read the excerpt from "The Thing about Terry.” I’ve got it! I grin I’ve got just the surprise I rush to tell them, Feeling happy and wise Which characteristic of narrative poetry is reflected in these lines?
Which elements of narrative poetry are reflected in "The Thing about Terry”? Choose three correct answers.
Read the excerpt from "The Thing about Terry.” What’s she love most? I ask When all else is said What makes her smile, Gets her up out of bed? Based on the indirect characterization in this stanza, which word best describes the narrator?
Read the excerpt from "The Thing about Terry.” We work four long hours Nervous stomachs a-churn Then sneak into the closet To await her return Which best describes how the pacing of events heightens tension?
How should Abra revise the outline of the first paragraph to be more effective?
Read the excerpts from "Wrongful Convictions” by Jon Gould and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. "Wrongful Convictions” In the end, we were able to include 460 cases in the study. . . . 260 of them were erroneous convictions. Just Mercy After graduating from law school, I went back to the Deep South to represent the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. In the last thirty years, I’ve gotten close to people who have been wrongly convicted and sent to death row, people like Walter McMillian. In this book you will learn the story of Walter’s case, which taught me about our system’s disturbing indifference to inaccurate or unreliable verdicts, our comfort with bias, and our tolerance of unfair prosecutions and convictions. Walter’s experience taught me how our system traumatizes and victimizes people when we exercise our power to convict and condemn irresponsibly—not just the accused but also their families, their communities, and even the victims of crime. But Walter’s case also taught me something else: that there is light within this darkness. Which quotation from Just Mercy best relates to the details in the "Wrongful Convictions” excerpt?
Read the excerpts from "Wrongful Convictions” by John R. Firman and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. "Wrongful Convictions” Funding and resources. Many things you’d like to fix—whether it’s training, whether it’s getting more DNA evidence, whether it’s getting it faster—a lot of this stuff takes a lot of money, so certainly money, dollars, and resources were discussed generally, policies and training. Just Mercy Finally, we spend lots of money. Spending on jails and prisons by state and federal governments has risen from 6 point 9 dollars billion in 1980 to nearly $80 billion today. . . . State governments have been forced to shift funds from public services, education, health, and welfare to pay for incarceration, and they now face unprecedented economic crises as a result. The privatization of prison health care, prison commerce, and a range of services has made mass incarceration a money-making windfall for a few and a costly nightmare for the rest of us. Which statement best describes the relationship between the evidence in the two excerpts?
Read the excerpts from "Wrongful Convictions” by Jon Gould and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. "Wrongful Convictions” In cases that have weaker prosecution facts, we have one or two facts that come in with a case, and police really have nothing else to go on, but they start down that path and they become more and more invested in that theory of the case, that they don’t see other facts in the case. Just Mercy After graduating from law school, I went back to the Deep South to represent the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. In the last thirty years, I’ve gotten close to people who have been wrongly convicted and sent to death row, people like Walter McMillian. In this book you will learn the story of Walter’s case, which taught me about our system’s disturbing indifference to inaccurate or unreliable verdicts, our comfort with bias, and our tolerance of unfair prosecutions and convictions. Walter’s experience taught me how our system traumatizes and victimizes people when we exercise our power to convict and condemn irresponsibly—not just the accused but also their families, their communities, and even the victims of crime. But Walter’s case also taught me something else: that there is light within this darkness. Which claim could best be supported by both excerpts?
What purpose does the author’s use of ad hominem serve?
Which detail from "Justin Lebo” best shows that Justin is caring?
Read the excerpts from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . "Pyramus and Thisbe" They owed their first encounters to their living close beside each other—but with time, love grows. Theirs did—indeed they wanted to be wed, but marriage was forbidden by their parents; yet there's one thing that parents can't prevent: the flame of love that burned in both of them. Romeo and Juliet Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. What statement best describes the relationship between these works?
Read this character description from "The Gift of the Magi." Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only 1 point 8 7 dollars with which to buy Jim a present. What inference can be made about Della from this description?
If the author of "The Gift of the Magi" had made the reader aware of the gift that Jim had purchased in the beginning of the story, this would be an example of
Read the excerpt from Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Presumptions of guilt, poverty, racial bias, and a host of other social, structural, and political dynamics have created a system that is defined by error, a system in which thousands of innocent people now suffer in prison. Finally, we spend lots of money. Spending on jails and prisons by state and federal governments has risen from 6 point 9 dollars billion in 1980 to nearly $80 billion today. . . . State governments have been forced to shift funds from public services, education, health, and welfare to pay for incarceration, and they now face unprecedented economic crises as a result. The privatization of prison health care, prison commerce, and a range of services has made mass incarceration a money-making windfall for a few and a costly nightmare for the rest of us. Miguel is annotating this passage. He is looking for evidence that the prison system is a business that does not benefit the public. Which sentence should he underline to best support this idea?
Why does the author connect screen time to behavioral issues?
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