What technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt?
Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter takes place before the story begins?
Read this excerpt from "On Virtue," by Phyllis Wheatley. O thou bright jewel in my aim I strive To comprehend thee. Thine own words declare Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach. I cease to wonder, and no more attempt Thine height t’explore, or fathom thy profound. But, O my soul, sink not into despair, Virtue is near thee, and with gentle hand Would now embrace thee, hovers o’er thine head. Fain would the heaven-born soul with her converse, Then seek, then court her for her promised bliss. What is the main difference between Wheatley’s “On Virtue” and Frost’s "Mending Wall"?
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” There are seventy-two crimes in the State of Virginia which, if committed by a black man (no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of the same crimes will subject a white man to the like punishment. What problem is Douglass referring to in this excerpt?
Read the third stanza of "Song of Myself." My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death. Which statement best describes the effect of the language in this stanza?
Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." There will be no end to this exquisite horrible misery. In this excerpt, what does “exquisite” mean?
Read the third stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death." We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – We passed the Setting Sun – Why does Dickinson most likely repeat the word “passed” three times in this stanza?
Read the statement. The government of England is subjecting the American colonists to laws that take away their unalienable rights. This statement is the Declaration of Independence’s
In "Auspex," the phrase “dead leaves and snow” at the end of the first stanza implies that the speaker is experiencing
Read the sentence relating to Roger Chillingworth from Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter . “Never, sayest thou?” rejoined he with a smile of dark and self-relying intelligence. What trait of Roger Chillingworth does Hawthorne develop in this sentence?
Read the excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman? What is the primary purpose of the phrases “borne thirteen children” and “cried out with my mother’s grief”?
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . “’Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light.” In this excerpt, Paine uses figurative language to
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