Read the sentences. Sentence 1: As I turned onto Bryce Road, I saw the Parkers’ cat crouched under a tree, hissing at something on the ground. Sentence 2: I decided to ride my skateboard to school this morning.Sentence 3: I shooed the cat away and called my older stepbrother, a veterinarian, because he would know just how to help them. Sentence 4: Approaching the cat, I noticed that a nest full of tiny birds was on the ground; it must have fallen from a branch. What is the most logical way to sequence these sentences to create a logical narrative?
Read the excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.My head still ached and bled with the blow and fall I had received: no one had reproved John for wantonly striking me; and because I had turned against him to avert farther irrational violence, I was loaded with general opprobrium."Unjust!—unjust!” said my reason, forced by the agonising stimulus into precocious though transitory power.
Read the paragraph.[1] Tia and Jackie are partners in science class. [2] They have a big project to complete and are having trouble agreeing on an idea. [3] Jackie would prefer to study geology, but Tia is more interested in human biology. [4] Ultimately, they decides to study fossilization.Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?
Read the passage from Ivanhoe.About the hour of ten o’clock, the whole plain was crowded with horsemen, horsewomen, and foot-passengers, hastening to the tournament; and shortly after, a grand flourish of trumpets announced Prince John and his retinue, attended by many of those knights who meant to take share in the game, as well as others who had no such intention.About the same time arrived Cedric the Saxon, with the Lady Rowena, unattended, however, by Athelstane. This Saxon lord had arrayed his tall and strong person in armour, in order to take his place among the combatants; and, considerably to the surprise of Cedric, had chosen to enlist himself on the part of the Knight Templar.
Which of the following expresses a similarity between the central ideas found in Society and Solitude and Chapter I of Nature?
Read "One Generation Passeth Away and Another Cometh” and "Pilgrimage.”What do the poems have in common?
Read the sentence. Masha’s birthday was yesterday, and she eated cake and ice cream. Which is the best replacement for the underlined word?
Read the excerpt from Pericles’s funeral oration by Thucydides.So and such they were, these men—worthy of their city. . . . What I would prefer is that you should fix your eyes every day on the greatness of Athens as she really is, and should fall in love with her. When you realize her greatness, then reflect that what made her great was men with a spirit of adventure, men who knew their duty, men who were ashamed to fall below a certain standard. If they ever failed in an enterprise, they made up their minds that at any rate the city should not find their courage lacking to her, and they gave to her the best contribution that they could.
What does the Declaration of Independence reveal about Thomas Jefferson, its primary author?
Read the excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.[Helen] "Then learn from me, not to judge by appearances: I am, as Miss Scatcherd said, slatternly; I seldom put, and never keep, things in order; I am careless; I forget rules; I read when I should learn my lessons; I have no method; and sometimes I say, like you, I cannot bear to be subjected to systematic arrangements. This is all very provoking to Miss Scatcherd, who is naturally neat, punctual, and particular.”[Jane] "And cross and cruel,” I added; but Helen Burns would not admit my addition: she kept silence.
Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address.”Of course, the Vietnam war is immoral. Whether by the teachings of Moses, or by the teachings of Christ, or by the teachings of the Buddha, I believe that all wars are immoral.
Read the excerpt from “To One in Paradise,” by Edgar Allan Poe.And all my days are trances,And all my nightly dreamsAre where thy grey eye glances,And where thy footstep gleams-In what ethereal dances,By what eternal streams.How are the ideas in the excerpt similar to Poe’s ideas in the final stanza of "Annabel Lee"?
Read the excerpt from Pericles’s funeral oration by Thucydides.The Spartans, from their earliest boyhood, are submitted to the most laborious training in courage; we pass our lives without all these restrictions, and yet are just as ready to face the same dangers as they are. Here is a proof of this: When the Spartans invade our land, they do not come by themselves, but bring all their allies with them; whereas we, when we launch an attack abroad, do the job by ourselves, and, though fighting on foreign soil, do not often fail to defeat opponents who are fighting for their own hearths and homes.
Read the excerpt from "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe.It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.How does the rhythm of the excerpt support the theme of the poem?
Read the excerpt from "Civil Disobedience."As they could not reach me, they had resolved to punish my body; just as boys, if they cannot come at some person against whom they have a spite, will abuse his dog. Based on his transcendental beliefs, Thoreau most likely believed that the state
Read the sentence. Open his chemistry book, Trevor knew he had a long night of studying ahead of him. Which is the best replacement for the underlined word?
How did Thoreau’s general opinion of government relate to his imprisonment, as described in "Civil Disobedience"?
Read the excerpt from Walden. Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.In the excerpt, Thoreau mostly uses imagery to illustrate
Which line from “We Wear the Mask” best conveys the idea that some people are forced to hide their suffering?
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.But, sirs, there’s one thing I forgot to add:I’ve got relics and pardons in my bagAs good as anybody’s in England,All given to me by the Pope’s own hand.If any here should wish, out of devotion,To make an offering, and have absolution,Let them come forward now, and kneeling downHumbly receive my blessing and pardon.
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