Based on the table, what is the most likely definition of the root dol ?
Read the excerpt from “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry.” My friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. He took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of Spanish, English, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. In other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. Which best explains how Anaya’s tone establishes his voice in the excerpt?
Why does Vivien say that she “shan't tell” Lancelot’s identity to her friend in King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act ?
What strategy does the author use in her choice of language to convey her message?
Which statement best compares the structure of "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"?
Read the excerpt from Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier's Home.” Nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. They all wore sweaters and shirt waists with round Dutch collars. It was a pattern. He liked to look at them from the front porch as they walked on the other side of the street. He liked to watch them walking under the shade of the trees. He liked the round Dutch collars above their sweaters. He liked their silk stockings and flat shoes. He liked their bobbed hair and the way they walked. The author’s short, descriptive sentences
Read the excerpt from part one of Trifles . MRS. HALE: I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing. Which word has a meaning similar to “snooping” as it is used in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The other force is one of bitterness and hatred, and it comes perilously close to advocating violence. It is expressed in the various black nationalist groups that are springing up across the nation. Why does the author include these sentences?
Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The Negro has many pent up resentments and latent frustrations, and he must release them. How does King conclude this claim?
Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby . For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened—then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk. Based on this excerpt, what inference can be made about Daisy Buchanan?
In Their Eyes Were Watching God , which best helps readers understand the author’s own cultural experiences?
Read the excerpt from part 5 of Zeitoun . For many of his clients, it took time for the insurance money to come through, for the FEMA money to appear, for any number of complications to work themselves out. But now things are moving. The city is rising again. Since Hurricane Katrina, Zeitoun A. Painting Contractor LLC has restored 114 houses to their former states, or improved versions thereof. What is the meaning of the excerpt?
Read the following excerpt from part 5 of Zeitoun . It was a test, Zeitoun thinks. Who among us could deny that we were tested? But now look at us, he says. Every person is stronger now. Every person who was forgotten by God or country is now louder, more defiant, and more determined. They existed before, and they exist again, in the city of New Orleans and the United States of America. And Abdulrahman Zeitoun existed before, and exists again, in the city of New Orleans and the United States of America. He can only have faith that will never again be forgotten, denied, called by a name other than his own. He must trust, and he must have faith. And so he builds, because what is building, and rebuilding and rebuilding again, but an act of faith? There is no faith like the faith of a builder of homes in coastal Louisiana. Which statement best describes the narrative voice of this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from part 5 of Zeitoun . Zeitoun thinks of the simple greatness of the canoe, of the advantages of moving quietly, of listening carefully. When he was released from prison, he and Kathy looked for the canoe where he’d last seen it, at the Claiborne house, but it was gone. The house had been robbed, too. Everything was stolen, because the soldiers and police who arrested Zeitoun had left the house unlocked and unguarded. Thieves walked in unimpeded and made off with all the tenants’ belongings, everything Todd had gathered there in the front rooms to keep dry. All those things were replaced, but he misses the canoe. He keeps his eye out for it, hoping he’ll see it at a yard sale or in someone’s sideyard. He’d pay for it again. Maybe he should get a new one, he thinks. Maybe his girls will like it more now. Maybe little Ahmad, like his uncle and father and grandfather and countless Zeitouns before them, will feel the lure of the sea. Which statement best describes how time progresses in this excerpt?
Which excerpt from ”First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban is the best example of magic realism?
Read the excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban . He stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. His blue eyes are like lasers in the night. The beams bounce off his fingernails, five hard blue shields. They scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. The porch turns blue, ultraviolet. Her hands, too, are blue. Celia squints through the light, which dulls her eyesight and blurs the palms on the shore. Which is an example of a hyperbole?
Read this excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban . Square by square, she searches the night skies for adversaries then scrutinizes the ocean, which is roiling with nine straight days of unseasonable April rains. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
Read the excerpt from Anthem . This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. These sentences articulate which philosophical concept?
Read this excerpt from part two of King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act . LANCELOT: But this won't do. As long as there was only one of us— GUENEVERE: There's been two all along, Lancelot. I've more self-control than you—that's all. But I broke down tonight. I knew I oughtn't to tell you—now. But I knew I would. Why does the author choose to have Guenevere confess in this way?
Read the excerpt from A Man's World . FRANK: Foolish? You mean going out alone? Good Heavens! You don't supose I'm going to give up all my chances of seeing and knowing and understanding just because a few silly people are talking about me? FRITZ: But you are a woman. You must not expect people to trust you—too much. FRANK: I'm not going to spend my life explaining. Which best describes Frank’s intent when she says, “I’m not going to spend my life explaining”?
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