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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 "Address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women” by Hillary Clinton. At this very moment, as we sit here, women around the world are giving birth, raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes, cleaning houses, planting crops, working on assembly lines, running companies, and running countries. Women also are dying from diseases that should have been prevented or treated. They are watching their children succumb to malnutrition caused by poverty and economic deprivation. They are being denied the right to go to school by their own fathers and brothers. They are being forced into prostitution, and they are being barred from the bank lending offices and banned from the ballot box.

True or False:

Read the excerpt.Cooking authentic barbecue cuisine is a delicious activity for any home cook. It requires carefully balancing a mix of sweet, salty, acidic, and spicy flavors. Cooks can achieve these four basic flavors with some simple ingredients, such as brown sugar, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, and cayenne pepper. Together, these ingredients create a tasty, smoky barbecue meal. Barbecue is a favorite in many US states and extremely common across the South. Since it is so familiar, anyone interested in perfecting their barbecue skills should avoid wasting money on expensive cookbooks and classes and simply use a trial-and-error method to make fantastic barbecue.

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 excerpt about Paco and Arthur’s debate.Paco and Arthur are debating about conserving energy. Paco argues that it is important for people to save as much energy as possible to try to help the environment. Arthur argues that people should use their energy however they want because they pay for it.

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.

A claim is an author’s

Jerome wants to write a paper about the cardiovascular system.

Lin plans to write a rhetorical analysis essay of a speech. Her plan includes the following steps.Form an arguable thesis that analyzes the speaker’s rhetorical choices.Provide evidence of the speaker’s rhetorical choices.Explain the effects of the speaker’s rhetorical choices.Argue for the speaker’s purpose by using their rhetorical choices.

Read the sentence.Cora Emily and Elliot visited relatives in Boston, Massachusetts Durham, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine.

Esma is writing a paper on the minimum voting ages in countries around the world. She found a website that states the minimum voting age in Brazil and Austria is 16 for all elections.

Read the passage.H. G. Wells was a scientist and a writer. He used his knowledge of science to create realistic works of fiction that fascinated readers. His novel The War of the Worlds gained fame when it was adapted for radio.