Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?
Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Ghost: Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, With juice of cursed hebona in a vial,And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man That swift as quicksilver it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body.
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 excerpt from Hamlet.Gertrude: O Hamlet! speak no more; Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.Hamlet: Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making loveOver the nasty sty,—Gertrude: O! speak to me no more; These words like daggers enter in mine ears; No more, sweet Hamlet!
Read the sentence.After we heard the way he played the song on his guitar, we bought it.
Read the sentences.The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy. It looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
Read the excerpt from "Digging."My father, digging. I look down
Read the excerpt from "How to Think Like a Researcher," a chapter from How to Find Out Anything.But don’t throw your hands up in frustration and disgust just yet. Instead, let’s recast that open-ended question into a series of factual questions that you can answer.How much did CEO Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems earn in 2007?What was the average salary paid to the chief executive officers at the ten largest computer companies in the past five years?Who is an expert on computer industry compensation whom I can interview and quote?What books can I consult that discuss compensation trends in the software industry?By coming up with a series of factual questions to ask, the initial abstract question starts to take shape as a concrete project. These factual questions will yield to diligent research because answers to each of them can be found.
Read the excerpt from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.I have repeatedly asserted, and produced what appeared to me irrefragable arguments drawn from matters of fact, to prove my assertion, that women cannot, by force, be confined to domestic concerns; for they will, however ignorant, intermeddle with more weighty affairs, neglecting private duties only to disturb, by cunning tricks, the orderly plans of reason which rise above their comprehension.
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv.Gertrude: What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder me? Help, help, ho!Polonius: [Behind.] What, ho! help! help! help!Hamlet: [Draws.] How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead! [Makes a pass through the arras.]Polonius: [Behind.] O! I am slain.Gertrude: O me! what hast thou done?Hamlet: Nay, I know not: is it the king?Gertrude: O! what a rash and bloody deed is this!
Which activities support the central idea about financial planning? Select 3 options.
Read this conclusion.When people carelessly discard plastic, the world’s oceans suffer. Marine life must share space with water bottles and sandwich bags. Sea creatures often mistake plastic waste for food, and they suffer dire consequences. Do not contribute to this growing problem.
Which details from the excerpt provide more information about Shelley’s idea that poetry "makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world”? Select 3 options.
Which sentence uses a subjective pronoun correctly?
How does the play-within-a-play in Act III of Hamlet represent Elizabethan drama?
Read the haiku by Buson.Lighting the lantern—the yellow chrysanthemumslose their color.
Which are examples of genres? Check all that apply.playsdiagramsnovelsessayslecturesequations
Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s State of the Union address.Fortunately, there are only a few Americans who place appetite above patriotism. The overwhelming majority realize that the food we send abroad is for essential military purposes, for our own and Allied fighting forces, and for necessary help in areas that we occupy.
Which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means "grave”? Choose three answers.
Read the sentence.The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts.
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