Which statements about William Shakespeare’s sonnets are true? Select four options.
Read the sentence.Hearing the key in the lock, the delighted dog dashed to the front door.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Mercutio: Thou! why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. What eye, but such an eye, would spy out such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling. Thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street, because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before Easter? with another, for tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling! Benvolio: An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buy the fee-simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. Mercutio: The fee-simple! O simple! Benvolio: By my head, here come the Capulets.
Read the poem excerpt.As every eye awaits her handTo cue the members of the band.
Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. Montague: Many a morning hath he there been seen, With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs: But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the furthest east begin to draw120The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed, Away from light steals home my heavy son, And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, And makes himself an artificial night.125Black and portentous must this humour prove Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
Read the passage.When I got to my cabin at camp, the other campers showered me with a chorus of greetings."I’m Alex. Happy to see another redhead!” the closest to me said."Javier,” called the boy sitting next to him."I like your glasses, Javier,” I said."Thanks!” He grinned."Miguel,” waved the boy in the corner. "I hope you like comic books!”A fourth boy, taller than the rest, walked up and shook my hand. "I’m Asher. Grab a bunk and we’ll help you settle in. ”
What must writers do when using language taken directly from an outside source? Select three choices.
Read this line from Hamlet discussed in Behind the Curtain.No one set scenes more brilliantly and economically than Shakespeare. Consider the opening lines of Hamlet: Barnardo: Who's there? Francisco: Nay, answer me. Stand, and unfold yourself. Barnardo: Long live the King! Francisco: Barnardo? Barnardo: He. In five terse lines Shakespeare establishes that it is nighttime and cold ("unfold yourself" means "draw back your cloak"), that the speakers are soldiers on guard, and that there is tension in the air. With just fifteen words—eleven of them monosyllables—he has the audience's full, rapt attention.
Which best compares the authors’ purposes in Silent Springand "A Case for Waawaatesi”?
Read the dialogue from Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Thou wast never with me for anything when thou wast not here for the goose.Mercutio: I will bite thee by the ear for that jest.Romeo: Nay, good goose, bite not.Mercutio: Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.Romeo: And is it not then well served in to a sweet goose?
Read the clause.During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public.
Which sentence shows the correct use of a common homophone?
Nurse’s coarse, motherly character provides a foil for
In Amaterasu, how do Susanowo’s actions affect the advancement of the plot?
What does the simile add to the passage? Choose two answers.
Which line of dialogue from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet most foreshadows that Mercutio’s death will lead to other tragic events in the story?
Which word from the second stanza of "The Bells” does Poe use to best convey the mood of the stanza?
Trevor has been asked to analyze the rhyme scheme in Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18.”Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
Which statement should be revised for a more formal tone?
Read the sentence.The media criticized Governor Dunham’s callous behavior, noting that the politician regularly ignored the struggles of the people who had voted for her.
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