Read these sentences from Paco's evaluation of Dan DeLuca's argument in the article "Dylan's Nobel Prize Settles Debate: Rock Lyrics Are Poetry."(1) In addition to quoting comments about Dylan's contributions to literature, DeLuca examines Dylan's writing and its influences.(2) Despite a somewhat confusing presentation of evidence, in the end, DeLuca's argument is convincing.(3) In his article, DeLuca attempts to come to grips with the decades-old question "Are rock lyrics poetry?”(4) He claims that this question has been answered with a resounding yes by the Nobel committee, who awarded their literary prize to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan for his collective literary works, most of which are song lyrics.
Read the excerpt from "A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez.My mother must have been intrigued. She knew nothing of the horrid crimes of the dictatorship, for her parents were afraid to say anything—even to their own children—against the regime. So, as a young girl, my mother must have thought of El Jefe as a kind of movie star. She must have wanted to meet the great man.
Read the excerpt from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.
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Read the sentence.Will you pick up the dog's toys in the yard, please?What is the mood of this sentence?
Read the excerpt from "A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez.When the novel came out, I decided to go ahead and risk her anger. I inscribed a copy to both Mami and Papi with a note: "Thank you for having instilled in me through your sufferings a desire for freedom and justice." I mailed the package and—what I seldom do except in those moments when I need all the help I can get—I made the sign of the cross as I exited the post office. Days later, my mother called me up to tell me she had just finished the novel. "You put me back in those days. It was like I was reliving it all," she said sobbing. "I don't care what happens to us! I'm so proud of you for writing this book."I stood in my kitchen in Vermont, stunned, relishing her praise and listening to her cry. It was one of the few times since l had learned to talk that I did not try to answer my mother back. If there is such a thing as genetic justice that courses through the generations and finally manifests itself full-blown in a family moment, there it was.
When revising an essay, how can a writer best connect ideas more clearly?
Throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses imagery in an attempt to make readers feel
What is a claim in an argument?
Which statement describes the parts of an argument?
Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Angus. We are sentTo give thee from our royal master thanks;Only to herald thee into his sight,Not pay thee. Ross. And, for an earnest of a greater honour,He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor:In which addition, hail, most worthy thane!For it is thine.Banquo. What! can the devil speak true? Macbeth. The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress meIn borrow’d robes?
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Sergeant. Doubtful it stood;As two spent swimmers, that do cling togetherAnd choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald—Worthy to be a rebel, for to thatThe multiplying villanies of natureDo swarm upon him—from the western islesOf kerns and gallowglasses is supplied;And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling,Show’d like a rebel’s whore: but all’s too weak;For brave Macbeth,—well he deserves that name,—Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel,Which smok’d with bloody execution,Like valour’s minion carv’d out his passageTill he fac’d the slave;Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,Till he unseam’d him from the nave to the chaps,And fix’d his head upon our battlements.
Read the two excerpts from Roosevelt’s "Four Freedoms" speech.I have called for personal sacrifice. I am assured of the willingness of almost all Americans to respond to that call.***This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory.
Which statements are examples of ethics rather than laws? Select two options.Journalists must claim their right to freedom of speech.Journalists must double-check all sources used in an article.Journalists cannot knowingly make false statements about people.Journalists must research and report the news without bias.Journalists cannot write an article in order to incite violence.
Read the excerpt from "For the ERA." [Eliminating sex discrimination] will involve so many changes in our state and federal laws that, without the authority and impetus of this proposed amendment, it will perhaps take another 194 years. We cannot be parties to continuing a delay. The time is clearly now to put this House on record for the fullest expression of that equality of opportunity which our founding fathers professed.
Read the sentence.Gregor watched, assessing how Sasha reacted to his news.Which statement best explains how the underlined clause conveys meaning?
Read the excerpt from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.Even as we explore the most advanced reaches of science, we're returning to the age-old wisdom of our culture, a wisdom contained in the book of Genesis in the Bible . . .
Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.But I hope you know I go on about these things not simply to extol the virtues of my own country but to speak to the true greatness of the heart and soul of your land. Who, after all, needs to tell the land of Dostoyevsky about the quest for truth, the home of Kandinsky and Scriabin about imagination, the rich and noble culture of the Uzbek man of letters Alisher Navoi about beauty and heart? The great culture of your diverse land speaks with a glowing passion to all humanity.
Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Duncan. What bloody man is that? He can report,As seemeth by his plight, of the revoltThe newest state. Malcolm. This is the sergeantWho, like a good and hardy soldier fought’Gainst my captivity. Hail, brave friend!Say to the king the knowledge of the broilAs thou didst leave it. Sergeant. Doubtful it stood;As two spent swimmers, that do cling togetherAnd choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald—Worthy to be a rebel, for to thatThe multiplying villanies of natureDo swarm upon him—from the western islesOf kerns and gallowglasses is supplied;And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling,Show’d like a rebel’s whore: but all’s too weak;For brave Macbeth,—well he deserves that name,—Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel,Which smok’d with bloody execution,Like valour’s minion carv’d out his passageTill he fac’d the slave;Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,Till he unseam’d him from the nave to the chaps,And fix’d his head upon our battlements.
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