Read the thesis from a student’s rhetorical analysis essay.Johnson makes an effective case for the national space program by using powerful emotional appeals and testimonials.
Read the sentence.All people who exercise regularly are more fun to be around.What is the best revision of the sentence that avoids bias?
Read the advertisement.FOR SALE: Laptop Computer*Used only a few times*Touch screen*Great price
In general, what conveys meaning in a poem?
Select 5 options.Claims must always be supported by evidence such asfacts.opinions.statistics.quotations.examples.hypotheticals.
Luiza is writing this paragraph about Sudanese Slit Drum.In "Sudanese Slit Drum,” Neil MacGregor traces the origins of a slit drum from Central Africa. He uses the drum to trace the Sudanese struggle for independence and to explain the battle that Kitchener’s Anglo-Egyptian army fought against the Sudanese.
Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore.My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.
Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans.”They and their Dutch and English competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to Europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world that were greatly valued by the Oba’s court . . .
Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference. Even then he scarcely understood what this indicated, until he heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so. Then the thing came upon him in a flash. The cylinder was artificial—hollow—with an end that screwed out! Something within the cylinder was unscrewing the top!
Read the sentence.During the Cold War, scientists competed in the "space race.”
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.It is useless, and the time awfully fails me, to prolong this description; no one has ever suffered such torments . . .
Read the argument excerpt.Owning a saltwater aquarium is a popular hobby. The exotic beauty of fish for these miniature habitats attracts many people to the pastime. One unusual addition is the lionfish—a particularly striking species with red-and-white stripes, flowy fins, and a series of long spines down its back. Lionfish are native to the Indo-Pacific region where they are a top predator in the coral reefs of tropical waters.Choosing a lionfish for a saltwater aquarium should be a careful decision, though. Some people purchase this unique fish, and then, when they grow tired of the work needed to maintain an aquarium, set the fish free. This action has been a notably distressing problem off Florida and up the Atlantic Coast. Lionfish are a novel species in this region and other animals are confused by their look and behavior. As a result, smaller fish and invertebrates become easy prey for the lionfish. The total irresponsibility of saltwater fish owners has disturbed the ecological balance in the Atlantic. Therefore, aquarium owners who decide to have lionfish or other saltwater fish species are a main cause for environmental damage in the region. There should be immediate and strict regulation on the aquarium fish industry.
Read the excerpt from a paper on The War of the Worlds.And then he perceived that, very slowly, the circular top of the cylinder was rotating on its body. It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference. Even then he scarcely understood what this indicated, until he heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so. Then the thing came upon him in a flash. The cylinder was artificial—hollow—with an end that screwed out! Something within the cylinder was unscrewing the top!
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.[T]he inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined, flushed as I was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. I crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, I could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to them . . .
Which excerpt from A Princess of Mars most supports the conclusion that the narrator is reckless?
Read the passage from "The Tiger.”Tiger, tiger, burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry?
Read the chapter title from How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.CONTROLLING THE MINDThe author includes the title as a way to
Read the passage from How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.Hence, it seems to me, the first business of the day should be to put the mind through its paces. You look after your body, inside and out; you run grave danger in hacking hairs off your skin; you employ a whole army of individuals, from the milkman to the pig-killer, to enable you to bribe your stomach into decent behaviour. Why not devote a little attention to the far more delicate machinery of the mind, especially as you will require no extraneous aid? It is for this portion of the art and craft of living that I have reserved the time from the moment of quitting your door to the moment of arriving at your office.
Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.
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