Which excerpt from A Princess of Mars most supports the conclusion that the narrator is reckless?
Read the passage from "The Lamb."Little lamb, who made thee?By regularly repeating this line in the poem, Blake uses the line as a
Both "The Tiger" and "The Lamb" convey similar messages, also called
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 passage from How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.Bring it back by the scruff of the neck. Ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. Do not despair. Continue. Keep it up.Which revision uses signal words to clarify the sequence of events for readers?
One advantage of reading Sudanese Slit Drum, rather than listening to it in a podcast, is that the reader
Read the excerpt from Sudanese Slit Drum.This thinning would materially change the sound of the drum, evidence that although it might continue to be used for its original purpose of music-making or calling people to arms, it would now do so with a different voice. A musical instrument had become a trophy, and the new carvings were in fact branding, a statement of the north’s political dominance over Central Africa and of allegiance to Islam.
After Sola had replenished my coverings I again slept, nor did I awaken until daylight. The other occupants of the room, five in number, were all females, and they were still sleeping, piled high with a motley array of silks and furs. Across the threshold lay stretched the sleepless guardian brute, just as I had last seen him on the preceding day; apparently he had not moved a muscle; his eyes were fairly glued upon me, and I fell to wondering just what might befall me should I endeavor to escape.
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Read the passage from A Princess of Mars.While Sola was away I took occasion to examine more minutely the room in which I found myself captive. The mural painting depicted scenes of rare and wonderful beauty; mountains, rivers, lake, ocean, meadow, trees and flowers, winding roadways, sun-kissed gardens—scenes which might have portrayed earthly views but for the different colorings of the vegetation. The work had evidently been wrought by a master hand, so subtle the atmosphere, so perfect the technique; yet nowhere was there a representation of a living animal, either human or brute, by which I could guess at the likeness of these other and perhaps extinct denizens of Mars.
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 sentence from a rough draft.Every kid should take a foreign language class to learn the ins and outs of a whole different culture.
Read the sentence.During the Cold War, scientists competed in the "space race.”
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Which sentence should be revised to include commas to set off a nonrestrictive element?
What traits does Lady Bracknell show in this excerpt? Select three options.
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