Read the excerpt from part one of Trifles.MRS. HALE. I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing.Which word has a meaning similar to “snooping” as it is used in this excerpt?
Read the sentence. When I told the doctor of my sinus pain and nasal pressure, she offered me a decongestant. Based on the prefix, de-, what does the word “decongestant” mean?
What does the Declaration of Independence reveal about Thomas Jefferson, its primary author?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher."Shaking this off with a gasp and a struggle, I uplifted myself upon the pillows, and, peering earnestly within the intense darkness of the chamber, hearkened -- I know not why, except that an instinctive spirit prompted me -- to certain low and indefinite sounds which came, through the pauses of the storm, at long intervals, I knew not whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste.Which word from this excerpt best suggests that the narrator is unreliable?
Which statement describes an example of irony from chapters 22 and 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
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?
According to "The World on Turtle's Back," which statement best describes the origin of man?
Which evidence from "The World on Turtle's Back" best supports the conclusion that the left-handed twin has evil qualities?
Read the excerpt from Midnight Assassin.Hossack and his wife, Margaret, had nine children, including five, ranging in age from thirteen to twenty-six, who were in the house at the time of the assault.Which best describes the excerpt?
Read the letter.To Whom It May Concern:Thank you for giving me the opportunity to interview with your company today. I enjoyed the meeting thoroughly, and I look forward to hearing from you. I know that I would contribute positively to the company as a whole. Sincerely,John C. OwensWhich type of language is used in this letter?
Read the excerpt from part two of Trifles.MRS. HALE. It’s a log cabin pattern. Pretty, isn’t it? I wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (Footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. The Sheriff enters, followed by Hale and the County Attorney.)SHERIFF. They wonder if she was going to quilt or just knot it. (The men laugh, the women look abashed.)Which theme is best reinforced by the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare. If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour!Now read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. What does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts?
What is the purpose of the first paragraph of this section of the Iroquois Constitution?
Read the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death."[W]hile the vast assembly, as if with one impulse, shrank from the centres of the rooms to the walls, he made his way uninterruptedly, but with the same solemn and measured step which had distinguished him from the first, through the blue chamber to the purple—through the purple to the green—through the green to the orange—through this again to the white—and even thence to the violet, ere a decided movement had been made to arrest him.What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death."But in the western or black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who entered, that there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all.Which words from the excerpt most convey the mood?
What does the ebony clock symbolize in "The Masque of the Red Death"?
Read the third stanza of "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls."The morning breaks; the steeds in their stallsStamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;The day returns, but nevermoreReturns the traveller to the shore, And the tide rises, the tide falls.Which statement best describes the purpose of the word “nevermore”?
Read the last stanza of "That I did always love."This—dost thou doubt—Sweet—Then have INothing to showBut Calvary—What does the word “Calvary” most likely suggest?
How does Douglass use tone to effectively convey his message in "What the Black Man Wants"?
Which excerpt from "What the Black Man Wants" best summarizes the speech?
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