Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Essay about Shirley Chisholm's Bid for Presidency — Unit test Answers

Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore.My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.Only let me make my life simple and straight,like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.

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.

Read the excerpt from Angela’s rhetorical analysis essay of Shirley Chisholm’s presidential announcement speech.In her speech, Chisholm states, "The President has broken his promises to us and has therefore lost his claim to our trust and confidence in him.” I think that, when Chisholm observes that the president made promises to all of them, including to her, she creates an intimacy and connection between herself and her listeners. She makes the audience feel like she is one of them and they are on the same team.

Read the excerpt from "Address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women” by Hillary Clinton.I have met women in South Africa who helped lead the struggle to end apartheid and are now helping to build a new democracy. I have met with the leading women of my own hemisphere who are working every day to promote literacy and better health care for children in their countries.

Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva.

Read the sentence.The phone call, from the admissions office, made me ecstatic.

True or False:In lyric poetry, a single speaker expresses thoughts and emotions.

Consider this chart comparing the print and radio versions of The War of the Worlds.Which description of the narration in the Orson Welles Radio adaptation best completes the chart?

Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better. The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient. Phrases like a not unjustifiable assumption, leaves much to be desired, would serve no good purpose, a consideration which we should do well to bear in mind, are a continuous temptation, a packet of aspirins always at one’s elbow.

Read the excerpt from a literary blog.While many scholars make powerful and convincing arguments for the literary genius of Zora Neale Hurston, Edgar Allan Poe, or John Steinbeck, Willa Cather is arguably the best novelist ever known to American readers. Her most famous novel, My Ántonia, is a work of pure genius. Written in 1918, the autobiographical masterpiece tells the story of Ántonia Shimerda, the daughter of immigrant parents. Told through the eyes of her childhood friend, Jim Burden, Ántonia’s story chronicles the hardships of living as a pioneer in the prairielands of the American Midwest. Surprisingly, Cather was able to remember her experience of moving from Virginia to Nebraska as a nine-year-old child and use her pain and happiness from those times to create the most beautiful novel ever written. No one has ever been able to capture life on the Western plains as Cather did. At the time of its publication, Cather’s unmistakable talent was lauded throughout the world. Cather rightfully gained her place among the esteemed writers of the modern literary movement.

Read the excerpt from "Gate A-4” by Naomi Shihab Nye.And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and I thought, This is the world I want to live in. The shared world. Not a single person in that gate—once the crying of confusion stopped—seemed apprehensive about any other person. They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women, too.(Naomi Shihab Nye, "Gate A-4" from Honeybee. Copyright © 2008 by Naomi Shihab Nye. Reprinted with permission. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

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Read the excerpt from "We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar.(1) Why should the world be over-wise, (2) In counting all our tears and sighs? (3) Nay, let them only see us, while(4) We wear the mask.

Read the paragraph.School administrators should be encouraged to increase funding for music education. Many feel that school music programs are expensive and time-consuming. However, participating in band, orchestra, or chorus has been shown to improve student learning. Studies show that children who participate in school music programs achieve higher grades than students who do not. They also perform better on standardized tests.

Which sentence must be revised to eliminate a split infinitive?