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?
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 . 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 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 A State of War and Peace . Upon his death in 1896, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, bequeathed the equivalent of 4 point 7 dollars million (at the time of this publication) to create awards that would be his ultimate legacy. Every year the revered Nobel Prizes are given on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. Which is the best paraphrase of this excerpt?
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 "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 The Common Sense of Bicycling: Bicycling for Ladies . One incorrect move or poise of any part of the body will be noticed as eccentricity. An erect position, steady on the saddle, but when all is done, the crowning grace is that of apparent ease. They who pitch the body forward with every downward push, make the bicycle appear to be a tread mill, requiring so many horse power to move it. Rocking from side to side creates a chafing sensation—to those looking on. Saddles too low, toes in, knees out, elbows high, head low, back humped, hurts the sale of bicycles. To be correctly positioned on a bicycle seat, which steps should the rider avoid? Choose three correct answers.
Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe". And when he had found the bloodstained shawl, he cried: "Now this same night will see two lovers lose their lives: she was the one more worthy of long life: it's I who bear the guilt for this. O my poor girl, it's I who led you to your death; I said you were to reach this fearful place by night; I let you be the first who would arrive. O all you lions with your lairs beneath this cliff, come now, and with your fierce jaws feast upon my wretched guts! Which statement best describes how the pace of the excerpt creates tension?
Which detail from Chapter 5 of Wheels of Change reflects a development in technology that was occurring at the time?
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 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?
Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins. Open image in full-screen view Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross. Later on arrived a shipload of supplies from the business people of New York, which were stored with the Galveston committee, and we were asked to aid in the distribution of these supplies, and to a certain extent we did, but succeeded in organizing a committee of citizens, ladies and gentlemen, to carry out and complete this distribution. That was the real power of Clara. Which is one similarity between the frame and the excerpt?
How should Valentina revise her research plan to follow the correct order of steps?
How does the author achieve his purpose of highlighting Clara’s bravery in these frames?
Should Sheila revise this approach to include the research she plans to use for her essay?
In Rain Myths, what do the titles of the two myths imply about them?
In Rain Myths, "The Chinese Rain-Master” and "The Madagascan Myth” both feature
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?
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