Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address." Change and challenge should not deter us now. We have long been a party of change and challenge. Which best describes how Inouye uses alliteration in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night . A piece fell into our wagon. I decided not to move. Anyway, I knew that I would not be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men! I saw, not far from me, an old man dragging himself on all fours. He had just detached himself from the struggling mob. He was holding one hand to his heart. At first I thought he had received a blow to his chest. Then I understood: he was hiding a piece of bread under his shirt. With lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth. His eyes lit up, a smile, like a grimace, illuminated his ashen face. And was immediately extinguished. A shadow had lain down beside him. And this shadow threw itself over him. Stunned by the blows, the old man was crying: "Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize me . . . You're killing your father . . . I have bread . . . for you too . . . for you too . . .” In this passage, the author suggests that cruelty can occur when people face horrible conditions. Which evidence best supports this viewpoint? Choose two correct answers.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation . Up and down Academy Boulevard, along South Nevada, Circle Drive, and Woodman Road, teenagers like Elisa run the fast food restaurants of Colorado Springs. Fast food kitchens often seem like a scene from Bugsy Malone, a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults. No other industry in the United States has a workforce so dominated by adolescents. How does Schlosser effectively build his argument in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from “Autumn” by Jean Starr Untermeyer. Great jars laden with the raw green of pickles, Standing in a solemn row across the back of the porch, Exhaling the pungent dill; In the excerpt, the word “pungent” refers to the pickles’
Which strategy is the best way to improve the written expression in a redundant sentence?
What is tone in a literary text?
Which statement gives evidence for Brutus's tragic flaw in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar ?
Which word could describe the tone of a text?
Read the sentence from an argumentative essay about chemical waste. The chemical waste produced by factories is out of hand, and factory owners should get in trouble. Which revision offers the most improvement in word choice?
Which phrase describes the mood of a literary text?
Read the sentence. Jalen picked up his camera and began taking pictures of the majestic mountains and the magnificent sunset. Which elements of this sentence are parallel?
Use the following definitions to answer the question. emerge: 1. (verb) to come up, appear immerge: 1. (verb) to sink into, immerse Which sentence contains correct word usage?
Read the excerpts from “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry” and “Speaking Arabic.” 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. At a neighborhood fair in Texas, somewhere between the German Oom-pah Sausage Stand and the Mexican Gorditas booth, I overheard a young man say to his friend, “I wish I had a heritage. Sometimes I feel—so lonely for one.” And the tall American trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. Which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity?
Read the excerpt from “In Response to Executive Order 9066.” I tell her she’s going bald. She tells me I copy on tests. We’re best friends. Read the excerpt from “Mericans.” “ Girl . We can’t play with a girl. ” Girl . It’s my brother’s favorite insult now instead of “sissy.” “You girl ,” they yell at each other. “You throw that ball like a girl .” Which theme best describes the two passages?
Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." “I think I’d make a good Handicapper General.” “Good as anybody else,” said George. “Who knows better’n I do what normal is?” said Hazel. “Right,” said George. He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail, about Harrison, but a twenty-one-gun salute in his head stopped that. How does the dialogue between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s message that advanced technology dehumanizes individuals?
Read the lines from Between Words. We could go Under trees and moons, With the stars tearing Like mouths in the night sky, And we’ll never arrive. Which poetic element is used in these lines?
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar , act 1, scene 2. CASCA: Why, there was a crown offered him: and being offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand, thus; and then the people fell a-shouting. (230) BRUTUS: What was the second noise for? CASCA: Why, for that too. CASSIUS: They shouted thrice. What was the last cry for? CASCA: Why, for that too. BRUTUS: Was the crown offered him thrice? (235) CASCA: Ay, marry, was’t; and he put it by thrice, every time gentler than other; and at every putting by, mine honest neighbours shouted. What conflict does Casca's explanation of the crowd's cries in the passage best illustrate?
Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of Julius Caesar . CASSIUS: Messala. MESSALA, standing forth. What says my general? CASSIUS: Messala, This is my birthday; as this very day Was Cassius born. Give me thy hand, Messala. Be thou my witness that, against my will, As Pompey was, am I compelled to set Upon one battle all our liberties. You know that I held Epicurus strong And his opinion. Now I change my mind, And partly credit things that do presage. Coming from Sardis, on our former ensign Two mighty eagles fell, and there they perched, Gorging and feeding from our soldiers’ hands; Who to Philippi here consorted us. This morning are they fled away and gone, And in their steads do ravens, crows, and kites Fly o’er our heads and downward look on us, As we were sickly prey. Their shadows seem A canopy most fatal, under which Our army lies ready to give up the ghost. MESSALA: Believe not so. CASSIUS: I but believe it partly; For I am fresh of spirit, and resolved To meet all perils very constantly. Which central idea does this speech about omens best support?
Which word best describes Pieter's voice in this passage?
Read the excerpt from Hidden Figures . Katherine listened carefully to everything the engineers said, strained for snippets of conversation, and devoured Aviation Week like a kid reading the funny papers. The real action, she knew, was taking place there in the lectures and editorial meetings, those closed-door sessions where engineers subjected preliminary research reports to the same relentless scrutiny and stress testing that they applied to the aircraft they engineered. Which detail should be included in a summary of this excerpt?
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