Read the excerpt from "Money to Us Is of No Value."We know that these settlers are poor, or they would never have ventured to live in a country which has been in continual trouble ever since they crossed the Ohio. Divide, therefore, this large sum of money which you have offered us among these people: give to each also a proportion of what you say you would give to us annually (over and above this very large sum of money), and we are persuaded they would most readily accept of it in lieu of the lands you sold them. If you add, also, the great sums you must expend in raising and paying armies with a view to force us to yield you our country, you will certainly have more than sufficient for the purpose of repaying these settlers for all their labor and their improvements.
Read "Keep Things Stirring.
Read the passage from a letter that President Jimmy Carter wrote to Congress in 1977.This message brings together a great variety of programs. It deals not only with ways to preserve the wilderness, wildlife, and natural and historical resources which are a beautiful and valued part of America's national heritage: it deals also with the effects of pollution, toxic chemicals, and the damage caused by the demand for energy. Each of these concerns, in its own way, affects the environment; and together they underscore the importance of environmental protection in all our lives.
What should Horus add to his evaluation to make it more effective? Select two options.
Read the passage from act 1, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Macbeth. Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more:By Sinel’s death I know I am Thane of Glamis; But how of Cawdor? the Thane of Cawdor lives,A prosperous gentleman; and to be kingStands not within the prospect of beliefNo more than to be Cawdor. Say, from whenceYou owe this strange intelligence? or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our wayWith such prophetic greeting? Speak, I charge you. [Witches vanish.] Banquo. The earth hath bubbles, as the water has,And these are of them. Whither are they vanish’d? Macbeth. Into the air, and what seem’d corporal meltedAs breath into the wind. Would they had stay’d! Banquo. Were such things here as we do speak about?Or have we eaten on the insane rootThat takes the reason prisoner?
Which sentence contains a dependent clause?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ross is explaining to Macduff the ghastly situation at Macduff’s castle.Ross. Your castle is surprised; your wife and babesSavagely slaughter’d: to relate the manner,Were, on the quarry of these murder’d deer,To add the death of you.
Read the sentences.The Mississippi River flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Its source is a peaceful lake in Minnesota. It flows south. It flows past 10 states. Its mouth is in Louisiana.Which sentence best combines these ideas into a compound-complex sentence?
Read the final two paragraphs from "Money to Us Is of No Value."You have talked to us about concessions. It appears strange that you should expect any from us, who have only been defending our just rights against your invasions. We want peace. Restore to us our country, and we shall be enemies no longer.We desire you to consider, brothers, that our only demand is the peaceable possession of a small part of our once great country. Look back and review the lands from whence we have been driven to this spot. We can retreat no farther, because the country behind hardly affords food for its present inhabitants, and we have therefore resolved to leave our bones in this small space to which we are now confined.
Why does Lincoln conclude with an appeal to both pathos and ethos? Select three answers.
Read the excerpt from Pygmalion and Galatea by Josephine Preston Peabody.Now the festival of Venus was at hand, and Pygmalion, like all who loved Beauty, joined the worshippers. In the temple victims were offered, solemn rites were held, and votaries from many lands came to pray the favor of the goddess. At length Pygmalion himself approached the altar and made his prayer."Goddess,” he said, "who hast vouchsafed to me this gift of beauty, give me a perfect love, likewise, and let me have for bride, one like my ivory maiden.” And Venus heard.Read the excerpt from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.THE GENTLEMAN [returning to his former place on the note taker’s left] How do you do it, if I may ask?THE NOTE TAKER. Simply phonetics. The science of speech. That’s my profession; also my hobby. Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby! You can spot an Irishman or a Yorkshireman by his brogue. I can place any man within six miles. I can place him within two miles in London. Sometimes within two streets.
Read the excerpt from Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.Not only this, but the opportunity here afforded will awaken among us a new era of industrial progress. Ignorant and inexperienced, it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom; that a seat in Congress or the state legislature was more sought than real estate or industrial skill; that the political convention or stump speaking had more attractions than starting a dairy farm or truck garden. . . . I would say: "Cast down your bucket where you are”—cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded.Cast it down in agriculture, mechanics, in commerce, in domestic service, and in the professions.Read the excerpt from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.Notwithstanding this, it is equally true to assert that on the whole the distinct impression left by Mr. Washington’s propaganda is, first, that the South is justified in its present attitude toward the [Black man] because of the [Black man’s] degradation . . . and, thirdly, that his future rise depends primarily on his own efforts. Each of these propositions is a dangerous half-truth. The supplementary truths must never be lost sight of: first, slavery and race-prejudice are potent if not sufficient causes of the [Black man’s] position . . . and, third, while it is a great truth to say that the [Black man] must strive and strive mightily to help himself, it is equally true that unless his striving be not simply seconded, but rather aroused and encouraged, by the initiative of the richer and wiser environing group, he cannot hope for great success.
What kind of evidence would best support the rebuttal? Select three options.
Which sentences use the active voice? Select three options.You'll have to hurry if you want to catch the next bus into the city!Shakespeare's plays may have been written by more than one person.The tree was struck by lightning, and then had to be cut down by Maria.You should use wool cloth to make a winter coat, and line it, too.Jake threw the laundry into the machine and put quarters in the slots.
Which of Banquo’s quotations from act 1, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth is an example of metonymy?
Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Malcolm is speaking with Macduff about the slaying of his family.Malcolm. Be this the whetstone of your sword: let griefConvert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.
Leila is preparing a presentation on how an increase in college expenses affects students’ career decisions. After researching student loans, she creates a table showing an increase in the amount of money that students borrow to pay for college.Which element could Leila add to her presentation to most effectively add new value?
What reasons can Hannah use to support her claim? Select two options.
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