Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales. She sang the divine service prettily, And through the nose, becomingly intoned Which is the correct translation of the excerpt into Middle English?
Read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman . That the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense. Does Wollstonecraft maintain an objective tone in the passage?
Read the facts about Mary Wollstonecraft. Lived during the time of the American and French Revolutions Published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792 (in response to a French government report advocating that women should be educated only for household duties) Was embraced by twentieth-century women’s rights advocates Now read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman . In the present state of society, it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground. Based on the facts, which inference about the passage is justified?
Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More. So it is everywhere the common course of life amongst all mechanics except the Utopians: but they, dividing the day and night into twenty-four hours, appoint six of these for work, three of which are before dinner and three after; they then sup, and at eight o’clock, counting from noon, go to bed and sleep eight hours: the rest of their time, besides that taken up in work, eating, and sleeping, is left to every man’s discretion. How does the author’s use of deductive reasoning further his argument?
How does the play-within-a-play in Act III of Hamlet represent Elizabethan drama?
In The Iliad , one reason Hector can be considered an epic hero is because he
Read the sentence. After the group went canoeing, they returned to the dock exhilarated and ready to go kayaking. Which word in the sentence is a past participle?
A reader using a historical lens to analyze a text will be most concerned with
Which words contain an affix? Choose three correct answers.
Read the paragraph from a personal narrative. 1 It may have seemed like an ordinary day to everyone else, but to me, it couldn't have been further from it. 2 Today was my first day working as a waitress at Pete's Pizza Haven, and I could not have been more excited. 3 In fact, I was so excited that I rushed to get ready much faster than I typically do. 4 "I'm ready to go!" I shouted, bouncing down the stairs and flying into the kitchen, where my mom was making breakfast. 5 "I have so much to learn and don't want to be late," I declared for emphasis. 6 My mom just grinned and placed a steaming plate of eggs before me. Which best revises sentence 3 to make it more precise?
Which lines best complete the sentence? Choose three correct answers. Grendel , by John Gardner, is written
Which topic is suitable for the size and scope of a five-paragraph essay?
Which features of the Anglo-Saxon culture are present in Beowulf ? Choose three correct answers.
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. Laertes: For he himself is subject to his birth; He may not, as unvalu’d persons do, Carve for himself, for on his choice depends The safety and the health of the whole state; And therefore must his choice be circumscrib’d Unto the voice and yielding of that body Whereof he is the head . Shakespeare most likely chose the word head instead of the word leader because it
Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. Hamlet : ... but tell Why thy canoniz’d bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre, Wherein we saw thee quietly inurn’d, (55) Hath op’d his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again. What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon ... Which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means "grave”? Choose three correct answers.
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury. Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself, that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust. In this excerpt, Queen Elizabeth is attempting to
What is the overall purpose of Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury ?
Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language . So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration. I look with pleasure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well. In both excerpts, the word endeavour means to
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