Which excerpt from the letter to the editor includes an opinion?
Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack. Terrorism has led to devastation—and unity. Which statement best explains the role context plays in better understanding this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorstin wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal. Which statement best explains the role context plays in better understanding this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address. This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it -- so long as we seize it together. What is President Obama’s purpose in this section of the speech?
Choose the pronoun that replaces the underlined word correctly. The runners were thrilled when Speedy Shoes offered the runners each a free pair of training shoes.
Which of these words has a negative connotation?
President Reagan’s speech was mainly written to
Read the sentence. There is a swimming pool in our backyard, but it contains no water. This is an example of a
Which sentences must be revised to correct vague pronouns? Choose three correct answers.
Read the sentence. My little brothers like to watch "The Peppy Pirates” on TV, and they drive me crazy!
vague pronoun
Read the short speech. Turn off your television, and talk to your family. You will be surprised at how much your siblings have to say. Turn off your television, and step outside. You will be surprised at how the cool air will refresh you. Turn off your television, and connect with the world around you. Your efforts will be rewarded. The author repeats the phrase "turn off your television” to
Read the paragraph. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote great speeches. He often included well-known American songs and documents in his writing. These words encouraged listeners to connect his ideas to their own experiences. Which revisions for the underlined phrase make the writing more precise? Choose two correct answers.
Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines.” The southern state of Alabama was a stronghold for Jim Crow practices. Nevertheless, the UMWA was able to bridge the racial divide in that state, forming a powerful interracial labor union fifty years before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s would make racial integration the rule of the land. In the context of Alabama in the 1900s, the UMWA was culturally and historically significant because it
Read the excerpt from "My First March.” A group in the back started fanning themselves and singing the song "Heatwave,” making everyone laugh and sing along. The author conveys the joy in the excerpt through the use of
Read the excerpt from "My First March.” "Hey, Mama?” I asked. "How can all these buses be going to the same place we’re going? I’ve never seen a building that could hold this many people.” "Well, we’re not going to a building,” Mama said. "We’re going to a march today. That means we’ll be walking through the streets all over our nation’s capital.” Now read the excerpt from "2000 Buses.” Two thousand buses, Twenty-one chartered trains, Ten special airlines, More cars than one could name A mass meeting they called it, The March for Jobs and Freedom Equal access, Equal justice, For all, and not just some What event do both excerpts describe?
Read the excerpt from President Kennedy's Report to the American People. It ought to be possible, therefore, for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops. It ought to be possible for American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, such as hotels and restaurants and theaters and retail stores, without being forced to resort to demonstrations in the street, and it ought to be possible for American citizens of any color to register and to vote in a free election without interference or fear of reprisal. It ought to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color. In short, every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. In the excerpt, President Kennedy emphasizes his point most by using
Read the excerpt from President Kennedy's Report to the American People. This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama. How did President Kennedy structure this excerpt?
Which is found in "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" but not in My Story ?
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