Read this excerpt from The Miracle Worker.ANAGNOS: Possible. I should warn you, she is much given to tantrums.ANNIE: Means something is inside. Well, so am I, if I believe all I hear. Maybe you should warn them.ANAGNOS [FROWNS]: Annie. I wrote them no word of your history. You will find yourself among strangers now, who know nothing of it.ANNIE: Well, we’ll keep them in a state of blessed ignorance.Which statement best describes Annie’s attitude toward her upcoming assignment in this excerpt?
Read this scene from The Miracle Worker Act 3.(Now HELEN begins groping, sensing something, trembling herself; and KATE, falling one step in onto her knees, clasps her, kissing her. HELEN clutches her, tight as she can. KATE is inarticulate, choked, repeating HELEN’S name again and again. She wheels with her in her arms, to stumble away out the doorway. . . .)How do these stage directions add meaning to the play?
To determine if information from an article published on a .org site is credible, it would be most helpful to
Read the excerpt from stanzas 3 and 4 of "The Turtle.”It isn’t even hers but came to herin the rain or the soft wind,which is a gate through which her life keeps walking.She can’t seeherself apart from the rest of the worldor the world from what she must doevery spring.Crawling up the high hill,luminous under the sand that has packed against her skin,she doesn’t dreamWhich effect does the repeated "s” sound have on this part of the poem?
Which quotation from Helen Keller’s Story of My Life has correct internal citation?
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Which word is a synonym for the word "crown”?
Read the excerpt from "The Turtle.”she knowsshe is a part of the pond she lives in,the tall trees are her children,the birds that swim above herare tied to her by an unbreakable string.Which deeper meaning do these lines express?
During a formal group discussion, participants should be prepared to
Which element of poetry does the poet use to give structure and rhythm to "The Turtle”?
Take a look at this thesaurus entry.doubt (n.)Definition: the feeling of uncertainty or disbeliefSynonyms: distrust, misgiving, suspicionAntonyms: belief, confidence, trustBased on the thesaurus entry, which word is also a synonym for the word “doubt”?
Read the excerpt from stanza 1 of "The Turtle.”breaks from the blue-blackskin of the water, dragging her shellwith its mossy scutesacross the shallows and through the rushesThe repeated "sh” sound adds to the stanza’s
When leading a formal group discussion, a moderator should
Adam is the moderator of a group discussion, and one speaker in his group has been talking for a very long time. He can tell that the others in the group are getting impatient.What is the best approach Adam can take as moderator?
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.The sun is like a child to seekYet falls in pools of golden light.The twins raise leafy arms; there peek’Tween silver left and ashy right.
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.The sun is like a child to seekYet falls in pools of golden light.The twins raise leafy arms; there peek’Tween silver left and ashy right.
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.The scene is a clearing in a forest. There are two or three trees toward the back of the stage. It is the middle of the day, but the tree canopy shades much of the clearing. We hear the sound of birds and a brook, and then footsteps. Kenneth enters, a sheet of paper in his hand, and looks around.
Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash.XAVIER(Alarmed) You told? You promised me you wouldn’t. Oh, man, this could be disastrous!KENNETHCalm down. I didn’t tell. I sneaked. I waited until Ms. Wilmore went to help somebody, then I sneaked the book off the shelf and copied the thing. Then I had to wait forever until she went to help somebody else in the newspaper section so I could sneak it back.XAVIERGreat. Thanks. I’m sorry I panicked. I can’t risk anybody else knowing about it.KENNETHYeah, I know. Anyway, why don’t you sit down by one of your precious trees and I’ll read this thing to you.XAVIERI can read it.KENNETHNot if I don’t give it to you. Just sit down, okay?
Read the excerpt from “A Journey West.”It was all my fault. I'm the one who told Momma and Daddy that we should travel west. I saw the handbills, which said there was good land in Kansas. I heard a man say that if we could live on the land and improve it, we'd own it, which is not something a black family can do in Louisiana.The man said that the people going to Kansas were like the slaves leaving Egypt in the biblical Exodus. He said we should all raise some dust and make our own exodus, out of the injustice of the South and into the freedom of the West! Well, my mind filled up with so many dreams and beautiful visions that I just about ran home to tell my folks.
Read the excerpt from “On the Mountain.”Jess had done enough climbing to know that most accidents happen when you're going downhill, so she was careful as she headed back. The first mile or so was easy, but during the second mile, she began to get a little nervous. As she went farther down, she began to be less frustrated with Will. He was her climbing companion, and he was supposed to stay with her, but the reverse was true, too. She had abandoned him there on the path. For all she knew, something could have happened to him. Feeling worried, Jess moved faster down the mountain.
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