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 excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game.""Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and the fear of death."
Read the sentence.When they arrived at the beach, the students who had never seen the ocean before ran toward the shore.
Read the paragraph.(1) Baseball is unique because it is the only sport in America that does not have a time clock—although tennis and softball are not timed, either. (2) Instead, games last for nine innings, unless there is a tie after the ninth, in which case they go extra innings. (3) Nine-inning games last an average of three hours. (4) Extra innings tack on time to an already long game, but the end is always the most exciting part. (5) Most people in the US watch baseball and are fans of their hometown team.
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?
One way to brainstorm a topic for an informative essay is to
Read the excerpt from a student’s essay.From the beginning, Rainsford is an individual who enjoys the hunt and wastes no thought on the animals he kills. On the boat, Whitney expresses some empathy for the animals they hunt, while Rainsford scoffs at the notion that animals feel fear or any other emotion. In fact, Rainsford belittles Whitney, telling him that "[t]he world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are the hunters.”
Adam writes this sentence in his analysis of The Code Book.The Code Book contains many specialized terms.
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Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Go, get thee hence, for I will not away. [Exit FRIAR LAURENCE.]What’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand? Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end.O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly dropTo help me after! I will kiss thy lips;Haply, some poison yet doth hang on them,To make me die with a restorative. [Kisses him.]
Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.The CIA planning was extraordinary. Questions were asked. Problems were anticipated, solutions suggested. With information provided by an informant in the Soviet state-run telephone operation, the U.S. knew that the spot they needed to reach with the tunnel was under Schonefelder Chaussee, a major highway that ran along the southern edge of Berlin.
Read the paragraphs from "Lather and Nothing Else."He came in without a word. I was stropping my best razor. And when I recognized him, I started to shake. But he did not notice. To cover my nervousness, I went on honing the razor. I tried the edge with the tip of my thumb and took another look at it against the light.Meanwhile he was taking off his cartridge-studded belt with the pistol holster suspended from it. He put it on a hook in the wardrobe and hung his cap above it. Then he turned full around toward me and, loosening his tie, remarked, "It’s hot as the devil, I want a shave.” With that he took his seat.
Which excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet best reflects the idea that when a person overlooks what he or she knows is wrong, it can result in a catastrophe?
Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe".And when he had foundthe bloodstained shawl, he cried: "Now this same nightwill see two lovers lose their lives: she wasthe one more worthy of long life: it's Iwho bear the guilt for this. O my poor girl,it's I who led you to your death; I saidyou were to reach this fearful place by night;I let you be the first who would arrive.O all you lions with your lairs beneaththis cliff, come now, and with your fierce jaws feastupon my wretched guts!
What is a central idea that the author develops throughout The Dark Game?
Complete the sentence with the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent.
What does Martin Luther King Jr. make allusions to in his "I Have a Dream” speech? Select 4 options.Abraham Lincolnthe Emancipation Proclamationthe Washington MonumentJohn F. Kennedythe Constitutionthe Bible
What should an author do to hook the audience at the opening of a presentation? Choose three answers.pose a thought-provoking questionshare a related quotationname the topic of the presentationtell a related joke or personal storystate evidence that supports a claimsummarize the main points
Read the sentence below.The students are working on a mystery message and they have found a computer program to help them with the process of encoding their message.
Which line from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University is a fact?
Which claim is the most effective for the argument that learning another language has many advantages?
Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game."A man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there."Rainsford!" screamed the general. "How in God's name did you get here?""Swam," said Rainsford. "I found it quicker than walking through thejungle."The general sucked in his breath and smiled. "I congratulate you," hesaid. "You have won the game."Rainsford did not smile. "I am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "Get ready, General Zaroff."The general made one of his deepest bows. "I see," he said. "Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford." . . .He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.
Read the paragraph on William Shakespeare.Many students study William Shakespeare’s plays today, though Shakespeare lived nearly 400 years ago. In his day, Shakespeare’s plays were performed in London at small playhouses and at large, open-air amphitheaters such as the Globe Theater. Audiences in the late 1500s eagerly attended the performances of the bard’s comedies, tragedies, and histories (Kline 110).
Read the sentence.The canyon, formed by years of erosion, was a breathtaking sight to behold.
Which details from the narration show that Rainsford is an experienced hunter and outdoor enthusiast? Select 3 options.
Review the information for a website that a student intends to include on a works cited page.Web Address: www.arborday2014.orgName of Website: A Day for TreesOrganization: U.S. Department of AgricultureAuthor: not providedDate of Publication: January 10, 2014Date Accessed: April 18, 2014
Read the excerpt from Lady Capulet’s speech from Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.What say you? can you love the gentleman?This night you shall behold him at our feast;Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ faceAnd find delight writ there with beauty’s pen;Now read the adaptation of the speech.Well, do you think you’ll like this guy, Paris? When you check him out at dinner, see if you think he’s handsome.
Read the clause.During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public.
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?
You are given the task to write an alternate ending to "It's Only Fair.” Your assignment is to change the ending so that the flat character becomes a dynamic character due to conflict.
Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.Montgomery quickly fetched Admiral Hall. The head of Room 40, nicknamed "Blinker" for the uncontrollable twitching in his eyes, hurried into the room and stood in front of de Grey's desk. Without saying a word, de Grey stood and handed the message to the small, ruddy-faced man, Hall's eyes took in what Montgomery and de Grey had discovered. His eye twitches became more pronounced as he tried to assess the impact of what he was reading.
Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines.”The coal companies, in response, recruited workers from as far as New York’s Ellis Island, where newly arriving immigrants were desperate for jobs.
Read the the letter to the editor.Evaluate the excerpt from the letter:How are mixed-use areas different from what we have now? Let me tell you. Our city currently has a dense downtown area and then a massive amount of sprawl reaching out in every direction—the sprawl takes up seventy-five percent of the city’s land. Urban sprawl, the spreading of large developments of housing and shopping areas around a city’s center, has many negative cultural and environmental effects.
What is the central idea of the letter to the editor?
Read the excerpt from the conclusion of the letter to the editor.We need to urge our city planners to say goodbye to the urban sprawl that has engulfed our nation like a tidal wave in the last few decades, and instead build more traditional mixed-use neighborhoods that were once the building blocks of city infrastructure in our nation. As the authors of Suburban Nation wrote: "We shape our cities and then our cities shape us. The choice is ours whether we build subdivisions that debase the human spirit or neighborhoods that nurture sociability and bring out the best in our nature.”
Read the excerpt from "It's Only Fair.”Maritza rolled her eyes. "That’s why we should do our report on Irene Morgan,” she said. "She was the first black person to get a new law made by refusing to give up her seat for a white person on a bus. Rosa Parks might be more famous for it, but Irene Morgan did it first. "Listen,” she said, not giving Avery a chance to respond. "It’s a great story.”
In "It's Only Fair,” the point of view is
Read the excerpt from "Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?”But I didn’t sleep. I thought about how utterly miserable it would feel to mess up on stage, plus get a vile grade in English class, plus watch Allison gloat. I got up before my alarm went off, arrived at school early, and slogged through the day like a sleepwalker. Finally the last bell chimed."Ready?” Shondra asked, when we were alone again in the spare classroom. We had two hours until we had to meet our teacher backstage.
Which statement best expresses the theme of "Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?”
Read the passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart.”It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it.
Karishma is reading "The Tell-Tale Heart." She reads an excerpt, looks for clues, and makes a prediction about what happens next. Read the same excerpt and her prediction.His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily.Karishma predicted that the narrator would carry out the murder plot undetected. Next, read the subsequent excerpt that Karishma read. I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out—"Who's there?"
Read the excerpt from "Lise Marie de Baissac."In Normandy, Baissac pretended to be a refugee from Paris living in the house of a schoolmaster. There, she helped to set up more resistance groups and organize sabotage actions. Again traveling by bicycle, she maintained secret communications between groups and transported supplies. This was extremely dangerous work. Often covering forty miles in a single day, she carried arms and explosives as well as information about targets. Her actions, along with those of her colleagues, often delayed the arrival of German reinforcements to the front lines of battle.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Friar Laurence: Romeo, come forth; come forth, thou fearful man:Affliction is enamour’d of thy parts,And thou art wedded to calamity.
In Act III, scenes iii and iv of Romeo and Juliet, how does Capulet complicate the central conflict?
Which lines from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet show Friar Laurence believes Romeo should be grateful for his nonfatal punishment? Select three options.Thou fond mad man, hear me but speak a word.Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.A gentler judgment vanish’d from his lips,This is dear mercy, and thou seest it not.I bring thee tidings of the prince’s doom.
In Act III, scenes iii and iv of Romeo and Juliet, why does Nurse most likely go to see Friar Laurence and Romeo?
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