How does the focus of the primary source article "Mrs. Hossack a Murderess" differ from the Midnight Assassin excerpt?
Which sentence should be revised to include commas to set off a nonrestrictive element?
Read the passage from How to Live Twenty-Four Hours a Day."What? I am to cultivate my mind in the street, on the platform, in the train, and in the crowded street again?” Precisely. Nothing simpler!
Read these stanzas from the poem "Keep A-Pluggin’ Away" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. I've a humble little mottoThat is homely, though it's true,—Keep a-pluggin' away.It's a thing when I've an objectThat I always try to do,—Keep a-pluggin' away.When you've rising storms to quell,When opposing waters swell,It will never fail to tell,—Keep a-pluggin' away. If the hills are high beforeAnd the paths are hard to climb,Keep a-pluggin' away.And remember that successesCome to him who bides his time,—Keep a-pluggin' away.From the greatest to the least,None are from the rule released.Be thou toiler, poet, priest,Keep a-pluggin' away. What message is conveyed by both this poem and "Mother to Son"?
Which statement best describes the difference between the way the poets address their subjects in "The Author to Her Book" and "A Hymn to the Evening"?
Read the introduction to a personal statement.Usually, when people talk about "rocky” relationships, it’s with a frown, but mine has enriched my life. I became fascinated with rocks when I was really young, and throughout my childhood you could usually find me with my pockets bulging from whatever stony treasures I’d scavenged that day. When my science teacher taught us a unit on geology, I realized that my fascination could become an exciting career that could also help me make good money. Obtaining an internship to work on the geological exhibit at the museum is an important step on my road to being a geologist.
Read the quotation from "The Author to Her Book"."I cast thee by as one unfit for light,Thy Visage was so irksome in my sight;Yet being mine own, at length affection wouldThy blemishes amend, if so I could"In this excerpt, Bradstreet uses the word Visage to express the idea that
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066.Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities. . . . Which best describes the impact of the words “prosecution,” “espionage,” and “sabotage”?
Which statement best compares the structure of "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"?
Read Yasmin’s introduction to her argumentative essay.Think about the last time you spent an entire afternoon completely "unplugged,” with no technology to distract you. If you’re like many people, you might have struggled to come up with a recent memory. In modern society, people are spending too much time using technological devices.
Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings, midsummer’s leaves race to extinction like the roarof a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses;
Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 100.”Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so longTo speak of that which gives thee all thy might?Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song,Darkening thy power to lend base subjects light?Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeemIn gentle numbers time so idly spent;Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteemAnd gives thy pen both skill and argument.Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,If Time have any wrinkle graven there;If any, be a satire to decay,And make Time's spoils despised every where.Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life;So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife.
Read the excerpt from part one of Trifles.MRS. HALE. I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing.Which word has a meaning similar to “snooping” as it is used in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".I am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spellingand a messy room. If it helps any, I will tell youI have always felt funny using chopsticksand my favorite food is hot dogs.Why does Okita include this description of the speaker?
Read the conclusion to a personal statement.(1) I’ve had some growth experiences. (2) They’ve helped me to improve my math skills. (3) Moreover, I have learned to apply these skills to designing and constructing movie sets. (4) I’m looking forward to honing my skills by working as a production assistant on a film this summer.
The best strategy for an active listener to apply is to
Read the following scene from Trifles.COUNTY ATTORNEY (preoccupied). Is there a cat? (Mrs. Hale glances in a quick covert way at Mrs. Peters.)MRS. PETERS. Well, not now. They’re superstitious, you know. They leave. COUNTY ATTORNEY (to Sheriff Peters, continuing an interrupted conversation.) No sign at all of anyone having come from the outside. Their own rope. Now let’s go up again and go over it piece by piece. (They start upstairs.) It would have to have been someone who knew just the— (Mrs. Peters sits down. The two women sit there not looking at one another, but as if peering into something and at the same time holding back. When they talk now, it is the manner of feeling their way over strange ground, as if afraid of what they are saying, but as if they cannot help saying it.) How would an audio recording most likely convey the characters’ actions during this scene?
Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.To her way of thinking all these things set her aside from Negroes. That was why she sought out Janie to friend with. Janie’s coffee-and-cream complexion and her luxurious hair made Mrs. Turner forgive her for wearing overalls like the other women who worked in the fields.What does the phrase “to friend with” mean?
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