Read the sentence.The squirrel who ran in circles around the circumference of the tree chattered angrily at the curious cat.
Read the sentence a student wrote.As he listened to the haunting notes of the song the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Read the compound sentence.Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.
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Read these lines from Emily Dickinson’s "Hope is the thing with feathers".And sweetest in the gale is heard;And sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat kept so many warm.
Read these lines from Emily Dickinson’s poem "Heart, we will forget him".Heart, we will forget him!You and I, to-night!You may forget the warmth he gave,I will forget the light.
Read the excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Ay me!Romeo: She speaks:O, speak again, bright angel! for thou artAs glorious to this night, being o'er my headAs is a winged messenger of heavenUnto the white-upturned wondering eyesOf mortals that fall back to gaze on himWhen he bestrides the lazy-pacing cloudsAnd sails upon the bosom of the air.
Read the excerpt from Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe".The blood leaped high;it spouted like a broken leaden pipethat, through a slender hole where it is worn,sends out a long and hissing stream as jetsof water cleave the air.
Read the story.Anna asked her mother if she could drive the car to the store herself.Anna’s mom said, "Sure, ten-year-olds drive themselves to the store all the time!”
articles, such as “the” or “a”prepositions, such as “through” or “on”conjunctions, such as “and” or “but”nouns, such as “love” or “truth”
Which is an example of metaphor?
Which is one characteristic of iambic pentameter, which is used in "Sonnet 29”?
Which statement about iambic pentameter, which is used in "Sonnet 29,” is correct?
Shakespeare’s sonnets, including "Sonnet 29,” have which characteristic?
Which characteristics of Dickinson’s style are evident in "The Snow”? Select 3 options.four-line stanzasa specific rhyme schemea varying rhythmthe use of personificationfirst-person narration
Read the excerpt from "The Snow.”On stump and stack and stem, —The summer's empty room,Acres of seams where harvests were,Recordless, but for them.
Read the excerpt from "The Snow.”It fills with alabaster woolThe wrinkles of the road.
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