Read the passage from President Barack Obama's back-to-school remarks. And that’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide. The repetition of responsibility in the passage helps Obama achieve his purpose by
Read the passage from President Barack Obama's back-to-school remarks. Maybe you could be a good writer—maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper—but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor—maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine—but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. In this section of the speech, the purpose of the parallel structure is to help Obama
Moritz is designing an advertisement to go with President Barack Obama's back-to-school remarks. How should Moritz’s ad be similar to the speech?
Anita is designing an advertisement poster to go with President Barack Obama's back-to-school remarks. Which is the best slogan for her to feature on her poster?
Read the passage from "To Autumn.” Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,— The author makes autumn feel present to the reader by using
Read the passage from "To Autumn." Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,— The passage can be identified as part of a lyric poem because it
Read the passage from "To Autumn." Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run What effect is Keats most likely trying to achieve with his rhyme scheme?
Read the passage from "To Autumn." Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core Which statement best describes how the author uses language in the passage?
Who is the target audience of this poster?
Who is the target audience of this poster?
Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell. To begin with, it has nothing to do with archaism, with the salvaging of obsolete words and turns of speech, or with the setting-up of a "standard-English” which must never be departed from. On the contrary, it is especially concerned with the scrapping of every word or idiom which has outworn its usefulness. It has nothing to do with correct grammar and syntax, which are of no importance so long as one makes one’s meaning clear, or with the avoidance of Americanisms, or with having what is called a "good prose style.” On the other hand it is not concerned with fake simplicity and the attempt to make written English colloquial. Which best describes George Orwell’s purpose and the way he achieves it in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night." Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Which statement best describes the effect of the repetition of "men” preceded by an adjective?
Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night." Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Which statement best describes how these two excerpts differ in how they address the topic of death?
Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love; My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan's poor, No likely end could bring them loss Or leave them happier than before. Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night." Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Which statement best describes how the structure of these excerpts helps to develop the themes?
When a descriptive word, phrase, or clause is essential to the meaning of a sentence, that element is
Read the sentence. Michael Jordan, the basketball player , won six championships for the Chicago Bulls. The commas are used correctly in the sentence because the underlined element is
Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen in a compound modifier?
Ari is revising her essay to include more precise language. Which words should she replace? Choose three correct answers.
Which types of punctuation can be used to set off a nonrestrictive element in a sentence? Choose three correct answers.
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