Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths, not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.
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Which archetypes best describe Antigone? Select two options.
Why might a writer use the passive voice? Choose three answers. The writer wants to make the action livelier.The writer wants to emphasize the receiver of the action.The writer does not know who performed the action.The writer wants to make the action more specific.The writer does not think knowing who did the action is important.
Read the sample student claim.I strongly feel that advertising should be banned during children’s television shows.
Which scenario shows a student demonstrating good listening skills during a class discussion?
Read the excerpt from " The Royal House of Thebes ."Antigone and Ismene heard with horror what Creon had decided. To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce [to accept without protest]. She and Antigone were utterly alone. All Thebes was exulting that the man who had brought war upon them should be thus terribly punished. "We are women," she told her sister. "We must obey. We have no strength to defy the State." "Choose your own part," Antigone said. "I go to bury the brother I love." "You are not strong enough," Ismene cried. "Why, then when my strength fails," Antigone answered, "I will give up." She left her sister; Ismene dared not follow her.
What kind of evidence does the passage include to support this claim? Select two answers.
What qualities of the tragic heroine do both of these passages reveal? Select three options.
Read the paragraph.After the final battle, rumor had it that a few renegades had slipped off into the forest to avoid capture. These sneaky rogues have continually eluded capture. The leaders of the empire are worried that the rebels will form a resistance movement first.
Read the sentence.Digestion is divided into four parts, ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination.
Read the excerpt from "A Case for Waawaatesi."Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.
Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Select 3 options.The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.
What kind of evidence does the passage include to support this claim? Select two answers.
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Read the sentence.Alma plans to visit London and Paris, where her parents went on their first trip together as a married couple.
Which excerpt from Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi” best appeals to readers’ logic?
Which excerpt from Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi” best appeals to readers’ logic?
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Read the excerpt from "A Case for Waawaatesi."Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.
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