Read the excerpt from "Digging."My father, digging. I look down
Which statements are true of both a political speech and a printed political advertisement? Select 3 options.They utilize diction as rhetoric.They employ parallelism.They seek to inspire.They use colors and images.They attempt to persuade.
Which sentence uses a subjective pronoun correctly?
Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest.Lane. I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand.Algernon. Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that?
Read this prompt.Create a multimedia presentation about curfew laws for teenagers. Use research and evidence to support your opinion. Use persuasive techniques and a variety of visual aids in your presentation.
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 excerpt from "Digging."The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft Against the inside knee was levered firmly.
Read the line from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest. Algernon. Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.
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Which sentence most needs to be revised to eliminate a split infinitive?
Read the passages from The War of the Worlds.But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between Horsell, Ottershaw, and Woking, rose early with the idea of finding it. Find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits. . . . A large piece suddenly came off and fell with a sharp noise that brought his heart into his mouth.For a minute he scarcely realised what this meant, and, although the heat was excessive, he clambered down into the pit close to the bulk to see the Thing more clearly.
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 passage from "Christabel."No doubt, she hath a vision sweet.What if her guardian spirit 'twere,What if she knew her mother near?But this she knows, in joys and woes,That saints will aid if men will call:For the blue sky bends over all!
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Read the passage from "Christabel."From cliff and tower, tu—whoo! tu—whoo!Tu—whoo! tu—whoo! from wood and fell!
Which lines contain diction that creates the overall tone? Select 3 options.
Which excerpt from A Princess of Mars most supports the conclusion that the narrator is reckless?
What traits does Lady Bracknell show in this excerpt? Select three options.
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