Read the passage from "The Lamb." Little lamb, who made thee? By regularly repeating this line in the poem, Blake uses the line as a
Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike. He had in his hand a heavy cane, with which he was trifling; but he answered never a word, and seemed to listen with an ill-contained impatience. And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman. The old gentleman took a step back, with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway. At the horror of these sights and sounds, the maid fainted. Which action best illustrates a character vs. character conflict?
Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted. Based on this excerpt, which detail would create the most suspense about the nature of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s relationship?
Which persuasive techniques are used in this poster? Choose two correct answers.
Consider the painting and the related poem. The Harvesters by Bruegel Expand Image Which statement best describes how Williams’s poem represents the painting?
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It is useless, and the time awfully fails me, to prolong this description; no one has ever suffered such torments . . . How does this excerpt connect to the theme "Secrets isolate people”?
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. My provision of the salt, which had never been renewed since the date of the first experiment, began to run low. I sent out for a fresh supply and mixed the draught; the ebullition followed, and the first change of colour, not the second; I drank it and it was without efficiency. You will learn from Poole how I have had London ransacked; it was in vain; and I am now persuaded that my first supply was impure, and that it was that unknown impurity which lent efficacy to the draught. What is the complication in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans.” Made in what is now modern Nigeria in the sixteenth century, the Benin plaques are actually made of brass, not bronze. They are each about the size of an A3 piece of paper and show figures in high relief that celebrate the victories of the Benin ruler, the Oba, and the rituals of the Oba’s court. Which phrases from the excerpt provide visual details? Choose three correct answers.
Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans.” They and their Dutch and English competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to Europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world that were greatly valued by the Oba’s court . . . What word(s) offer context clues about the meaning of the word commodities ?
Read the excerpt from a paper on The War of the Worlds . And then he perceived that, very slowly, the circular top of the cylinder was rotating on its body. It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference. Even then he scarcely understood what this indicated, until he heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so. Then the thing came upon him in a flash. The cylinder was artificial—hollow—with an end that screwed out! Something within the cylinder was unscrewing the top! Wells creates an aesthetic impact on the reader by
Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds . It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference. Even then he scarcely understood what this indicated, until he heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so. Then the thing came upon him in a flash. The cylinder was artificial—hollow—with an end that screwed out! Something within the cylinder was unscrewing the top! In this excerpt, Wells entertains readers by
Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . On the 8th of January Utterson had dined at the doctor’s with a small party; Lanyon had been there; and the face of the host had looked from one to the other as in the old days when the trio were inseparable friends. On the 12th, and again on the 14th, the door was shut against the lawyer. "The doctor was confined to the house,” Poole said, "and saw no one.” On the 15th, he tried again, and was again refused; and having now been used for the last two months to see his friend almost daily, he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits. Which prediction is most supported by the passage?
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. [T]he inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined, flushed as I was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. I crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, I could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to them . . . What do Dr. Jekyll’s thoughts reveal about him in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott. With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings, midsummer’s leaves race to extinction like the roar of a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses; The poem’s allusion to the 1981 Brixton riot
Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott. Their thick skulls bled with rancor when the riot police and the skinheads exchanged quips you could trace to the Sonnets, or the Moor’s eclipse. What can be concluded about the speaker’s perspective by the allusions to sonnets and the moor’s eclipse?
Read the sentence. During the Cold War, scientists competed in the "space race.” Which revision changes the sentence to draw attention to the object of the action rather than the people or things performing the action?
Which are examples of strong evidence that could be used to support a claim in a debate? Choose three correct answers.
What will most likely be different about the presentation? Miguel has presented a new drawing technique to his advanced art class. Now he is preparing to present the same information to his beginner art class.
Which sentence uses a subjective pronoun correctly?
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