Read the thesis. Foley artists are essential to the success of a film, since they create the sound effects that make the film’s setting believable to the audience. Which is the most accurate evaluation of the thesis?
Read the literary analysis paragraph. Shakespeare’s writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape. His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors. In Titus Andronicus , he uses words like "ruthless," "vast," and "gloomy" to describe forests. Although he is known as the "playwright’s playwright," Shakespeare could have been a travel guide. In which sentence does the author provide relevant evidence?
What is meter?
Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato. And our State must once more enlarge; and this time the enlargement will be nothing short of a whole army, which will have to go out and fight with the invaders for all that we have, as well as for the things and persons whom we were describing above. Why? he said; are they not capable of defending themselves? No, I said; not if we were right in the principle which was acknowledged by all of us when we were framing the State: the principle, as you will remember, was that one man cannot practise many arts with success. Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More. The chief, and almost the only, business of the Syphogrants is to take care that no man may live idle, but that every one may follow his trade diligently; yet they do not wear themselves out with perpetual toil from morning to night, as if they were beasts of burden, which as it is indeed a heavy slavery, so it is everywhere the common course of life amongst all mechanics except the Utopians. How do Plato and More discuss the role of the government differently?
Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal." Swift’s skillful and abundant use of false premises to develop his argument was the most effective way to signal that he was writing a satire. This statement is
What is the purpose of this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. ROS I don’t know. What do you want to do? GUIL I have no desires. None. ( He stops pacing dead .) There was a messenger . . . that’s right. We were sent for. ( He wheels at Ros and raps out :) Syllogism the second: One, probability is a factor which operates within natural forces. Two, probability is not operating as a factor. Three, we are now within un-, sub- or supernatural forces. Discuss. ( Ros is suitably startled. Acidly .) Not too heatedly. ROS I’m sorry I—What’s the matter with you? GUIL The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear. Keep tight hold and continue while there’s time. . . . ROS ( cutting his fingernails ) Another curious scientific phenomenon is the fact that the fingernails grow after death, as does the beard. Which statement best explains the effect of Rosencrantz’s and Guildenstern’s conflicting perspectives in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments. Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides. Which words in the excerpt have negative connotations? Choose two correct answers.
Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet . Hamlet: Am I not i’ the right, old Jephthah? Polonius: If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter that I love passing well. In the excerpt, Hamlet calls Polonius Jephthah, after the priest in the Old Testament who sacrifices his daughter to God. What does this allusion suggest about Polonius’s treatment of Ophelia?
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