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Central idea: People in Utopia care about the common good.

Extra food and resources are given to poor communities.

More wrote Utopia to encourage more equality in society.

Slavery shows that not everyone in Utopia is treated equally.

Gold and silver chains are worn by enslaved people in Utopia.

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Which pair of words shares the same word root?

capable, readable

rewritten, revision

barber, unbearable

inspect, spectacles

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.Gilgamesh, hearing his beloved friend,came to himself. He yelled, he liftedhis massive axe, he swung it, it toreinto Humbaba’s neck, the bloodshot out, again the axe bit fleshand bone, the monster staggered, his eyesrolled, and at the axe’s third stroke he toppled like a cedar and crashed to the ground.At his death-roar the mountains of Lebanon shook,the valleys ran with his blood, for ten milesthe forest resounded. Then the two friendssliced him open, pulled out his intestines,cut off his head with its knife-sharp teethand horrible bloodshot staring eyes.

Humbaba is so terrified of Gilgamesh that he lets out a “death-roar” that makes the mountains of Lebanon shake.

After hearing Enkidu’s encouraging words, Gilgamesh feels like himself again and begins to yell and swing his axe.

Humbaba is so wounded that he staggers around before crashing to the ground like a falling cedar tree.

After attacking and killing Humbaba with his axe, Gilgamesh assists in slicing him open, removing his intestines, and cutting off his head.

Which excerpt from the General Prolgue to the Canterbury Tales suggests that the narrator may be unreliable?

But now the time has come for me to tellWhat passed among us, what was said and done

But first I beg you, not to put it downTo my ill-breeding if my speech be plain

You must repeat as nearly as you canEach word, if that’s the task you’ve undertaken

You can’t hold back, even if he’s your brother:Whatever word is used, you must use also.

Read the excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's speeches.How does the purpose of the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury compare to the excerpt from Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry?

Both excerpts inform Queen Elizabeth's audience of her strategic plans for engaging and defeating the invading army.

Both excerpts attempt to persuade Queen Elizabeth's audience that she is willing to sacrifice her life for England's well-being.

Both excerpts inform Queen Elizabeth's audience of the reasons she has come to passionately love and defend England.

Both excerpts attempt to persuade Queen Elizabeth's audience that she is the most capable ruler the country has known.

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