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Read the passage from Rain Myths. Near the beginning of life on Earth, Shen Nong, who was the Lord of the Wind, made many journeys over our world. Shen Nong was the second of the Three Sovereigns. The other two Chinese sovereigns were called Fu Xi and Yen Ti. One after another, they helped create civilization and imparted to mankind many skills, lessons, and gifts. Which sentence from the passage is the best example of a feature found in a myth?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind. We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining. What does this excerpt most suggest about the beliefs of the ancient Greeks?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. The bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind. We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining. Then we put up our masts, hauled sail, and rested, letting the steersmen and the breeze take over. Which elements of epic poetry are shown in this excerpt? Choose three correct answers.

Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid. They go down . . . and cast stones, as ordered, behind their footsteps. The stones . . . began to lay aside their hardness and their stiffness, and by degrees to become soft; and when softened, to assume a new form. Presently after, when they were grown larger . . . some shape of man might be seen in them . . . . Yet that part of them which was humid with any moisture, and earthy, was turned into portions adapted for the use of the body. That which is solid, and cannot be bent, is changed into bones. . . . And in a little time, by the interposition of the Gods above, the stones thrown by the hands of the man, took the shape of a man, and the female race was renewed by the throwing of the woman. Thence are we a hardy generation, and able to endure fatigue, and we give proofs from what original we are sprung. Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin. When at last they reached the plain they found themselves at the head of a noble company of human beings, all eager to serve them. So Deucalion became their king, and he set them in homes, and taught them how to till the ground, and how to do many useful things; and the land was filled with people who were happier and far better than those who had dwelt there before the flood. And they named the country Hellas, after Hellen, the son of Deucalion and Pyrrha; and the people are to this day called Hellenes. How does the adaptation differ from the original?

Which best describes the purpose of Chapter 1 of Wheels of Change ?

Which best describes what kind of speaker Chase is?

Look at the image and read the caption. Expand Image Caption: This is an image of a woman wearing a crinoline in the 1850s created by cartoonist George Cruikshank. How does this image help the reader to better understand Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change ?

Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . But the bicycle craze had a more lasting impact on women’s clothing than just the use of bloomers. Thanks in large part to cycling, the innovation of rational dress reformers were starting to take effect by the end of the 1890s. Corsets were on their way out, dresses were getting shorter, and women no longer wore the heavy, bulky undergarments that gave them round, unnatural shapes. These changes went a long way toward unburdening women and setting the stage for them to be healthier and more active in the coming century. Based on the excerpt, women in the 1890s became more independent and their lives improved as a result of

In Amaterasu, how do Susanowo’s actions affect the advancement of the plot?

Which event in Amaterasu does the author include to create suspense?

Why did the author most likely use dialogue instead of description?

The Odyssey - Amphimedon shows that Greek society valued loyalty because of the way

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Amphimedon . "Amphimedon, What ruin brought you into this undergloom? All in a body, picked men, and so young? One could not better choose the kingdom's pride. Were you at sea, aboard ship, and Poseidon blew up a dire wind and foundering waves, or cattle-raiding, were you, on the mainland, or in a fight for some stronghold, or women, when the foe hit you to your mortal hurt? Tell me, answer my question. Guest and friend I say I am of yours—or do you not remember I visited your family there?” From the way that Agamemnon talks to Amphimedon, the reader can infer that Agamemnon

Read the passage from The Odyssey - Amphimedon. The swineherd led him to the manor later in rags like a foul beggar, old and broken, propped on a stick. These tatters that he wore hid him so well that none of us could know him when he turned up, not even the older men. We jeered at him, took potshots at him, cursed him. Daylight and evening in his own great hall he bore it, patient as a stone. The two similes in the passage present an image of Odysseus as

Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey. Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor. What does the simile add to the passage? Choose two correct answers.

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey . ‘O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes' son, I mean, who kept his hail on Ithaca. Should destiny intend that he shall see his roof again among his family in his father land, far be that day, and dark the years between. Let him lose all companions, and return under strange sail to bitter days at home.' What motivates the Cyclops to ask Poseidon for the demise of Odysseus and all his men? Choose two correct answers.

Read the poem excerpt. As every eye awaits her hand To cue the members of the band. Which statement best describes the meter?

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. What is the definition of "callous” in this context?

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Which statement should be revised for a more formal tone?

Use the thesaurus entry for labyrinth to answer the question. labyrinth noun Definition: a place that has many confusing paths and passages; something that is extremely difficult to understand Synonyms: entanglement, jungle, maze, puzzle, warren, web Which synonym best replaces the word labyrinth in this sentence? The gardeners had constructed a complicated labyrinth of pathways that led us through the hedges.

Read the clause. During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public. What is the best way to describe this clause?

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

Read the paragraph from The Hot Zone. C. J. knew that if people learned what this virus could do, there would be traffic jams heading out of Reston, with mothers screaming at television cameras, "Where are my children?" When he talked to the Washington Post reporters, he was careful not to discuss the more dramatic aspects of the operation. ("I thought it would not be a good idea to talk about space suits," he explained to me much later.) He was careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor. The author most likely included this paragraph to

Read the excerpt from "Say No to GM Food.” These unknown consequences have kept many countries in need of a larger food supply steering clear of importing large amounts of GM food or growing the crops on their soil. Kenya, a country with a known food deficit , has banned GM crops entirely. What is the best meaning of "deficit” in this sentence?

The main purpose of this PSA is to persuade people to

Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention". "What ees wrrrong with her eh-speech?" Carlos wagged his head at her. His anger was always more frightening in his broken English. As if he had mutilated the language in his fury—and now there was nothing to stand between them and his raw, dumb anger. "What is wrong? I will tell you what is wrong. It show no gratitude. It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher? " He mocked Yoyo's plagiarized words. "That is insubordinate. It is improper. It is disrespecting of her teachers—" In his anger he had forgotten his fear of lurking spies: each wrong he voiced was a decibel higher than the last outrage. Finally, he shouted at Yoyo, "As your father, I forbid you to make that eh-speech!" What does Carlos’ language reveal about his character?

Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.” Bound by a spine strong enough to hold entire worlds What is the denotation of the word "strong” in this context?

Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.” "Ah, the romantic soul!” said my parents skeptically, worried that my business would fail, that I was behind the times. Based on this stanza, how do the speaker’s parents feel about her decision to pursue book publishing?

In "Binding Memories,” a book’s spine serves as an extended metaphor for the speaker’s

Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.” Bound by a spine strong enough to hold entire worlds of information and dreams, history and invention. The speaker’s words reveal her

Which best compares the authors’ purposes in Silent Spring and "A Case for Waawaatesi”?

Some sections of “Initiation” imply that Millicent will decline the sorority’s invitation. The rising action contributes to this implied resolution by showing

Read the excerpt from Part 3 of The Odyssey by Homer. They scrambled to their places by the rowlocks and all in line dipped oars in the gray sea. But soon an offshore breeze blew to our liking— a canvas-bellying breeze, a lusty shipmate sent by the singing nymph with sunbright hair. So we made fast the braces, and we rested, letting the wind and steersman work the ship. Based on the excerpt, readers can conclude that Odysseus (the speaker)

Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of loyalty in Greek society?

Read the excerpt from a discussion of themes in The Odyssey - Penelope . Throughout Penelope’s encounter with the disguised Odysseus, she demonstrates how loyal she has been to him during his long absence. What is the best way to summarize the theme being discussed?

Which feature of a book introduction is reflected in the introduction to A State of War and Peace ?

Read the excerpt from A State of War and Peace . This book will examine the intentions of the man who established the prizes, Alfred Nobel. He was famous for inventing dynamite and other explosives, and at the time of his death had ninety weapons factories around the world, so there is a lack of consensus as to how far his pacifist convictions went. Which best describes the problem presented in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from A State of War and Peace . As soon as his nomination was announced, President Obama's critics pointed out the irony of choosing this leader, who at the time was in the middle of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Since he was conferred the prize in 2009, there have been calls for Obama to give back the Peace Prize, given his push to use force against Syria, with or without a U.N. Security Council resolution, and his drone use in the Middle East. Which signal words from the excerpt indicate a sequence?

Which excerpt from the introduction to A state of War and Peace contains subjective language?

Read the excerpt from A State of War and Peace . Most awards raise a cacophony of sentiment, from praise and admiration to protests or just plain head-scratching. In the entertainment industry, the Academy Awards regularly elicit outrage. Which word from this excerpt has a positive connotation?

Read the excerpt from the introduction to A State of War and Peace . Despite the secrecy behind the selection process and a tradition of keeping the list of nominees from being disclosed for fifty years, I believe there is logic to how the winners are chosen. I hope to arrive at an understanding of the method behind the madness used to sift through thousands of the world's highest achievers year after year. Based on this excerpt, which topic will most likely be covered through the course of the book?

Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change . By the turn of the century, the bicycle's heyday was over and a new mechanical wonder promised to transport men and women faster and farther than ever before. Bicycle manufacturers retooled their factories to build them and bicycle repair shops installed gasoline tanks to service them. The era of the automobile had begun. Which aspect of historical context does this excerpt most reflect?

Read the excerpt from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change . Some stated the liberating effects of the bicycle with less sarcasm. "The bicycle has brought to women a healthful, wholesome means of securing a degree of freedom and independence that no amount of discussion regarding 'women's rights' would ever have produced," wrote the L.A.W. Bulletin and Good Roads magazine in 1898. Meanwhile, Munseg's Magazine assessed the impact of the wheel on women in a special bicycle-themed issue. "If she has ridden her bicycle into new fields, becoming in the process a new creature, it has been gradually and unconsciously," the editors wrote. "She did not have to be born again in some mysterious fashion, becoming a strange creature, a new woman. She is more like the 'eternal feminine,' who has taken on wings, and who is using them with an ever increasing delight in her new power." Indeed, many bicycle companies at home and abroad did put wings on the women in their advertisements, emphasizing that they had taken flight. Sue Macy’s synthesis connects the idea that the bicycle changed the way many people viewed women by

Read the excerpt from Chapter 4 of Wheels of Change . Annie Londonderry wasn't the only one who pushed the limits of time and distance on her two-wheeler. In the late 1890s, several women took the concept of riding a century—100 miles—to the extreme by peeling off two, three, four, or more centuries in a row. Perhaps the greatest female century rider performed outside the spotlight. Dora Rinehart’s exploits hardly ever were reported beyond the western United States, where the Colorado native earned the title “America’s Greatest Cyclienne.” Rinehart took up the bicycle to regain her strength after suffering scarlet fever. She started with short rides, but quickly built up her endurance. In 1896 alone, she pedaled 17,196 miles, more than any other woman in the United States. That included stretches of 10 days in July and 20 days from October 31 through November 19 when she rode a century every day. Which statement from the excerpt is subjective?