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Read the passage from an essay on The Importance of Being Earnest.Chasuble. . . . Your brother was, I believe, unmarried, was he not?Jack. Oh yes.Miss Prism. [Bitterly.] People who live entirely for pleasure usually are.
Read the excerpt from Shirley Chisholm’s presidential announcement speech. I have faith in the American people. I believe that we are smart enough to correct our mistakes. I believe we are intelligent enough to recognize the talent, energy, and dedication which all Americans, including women and minorities, have to offer.
Read Diego’s introduction to his rhetorical analysis essay.A man looks out at a million intense faces. They have traveled from far and wide to hear his words. They have come with family and friends and now unite with strangers converging on the green. The swelling crowd is silent as he begins to speak. As his words ring out across the National Mall, hearts swell and tears begin to fall. It is a new era in history. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech sends a mighty message that is particularly effective due to its use of analogy, anaphora, and parallelism.
Read the lines from "The Gardner" by Rabindranath Tagore.Have you not finished your work yet, bride? Listen, the guest has come. Have you not lit the lamp in the cowshed? Have you not got ready the offering basket for the evening service?
Ian is writing a rhetorical analysis of Hillary Clinton’s address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. He wants to make his last sentence more analytical. Clinton states, "I believe that now, on the eve of a new millennium, it is time to break the silence. It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and for the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.” With these words, she rouses her listeners to speak out.
Lars is writing a rhetorical analysis essay on Hillary Clinton’s address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. He includes this topic sentence for the first body paragraph. Clinton powerfully supports her arguments by citing her extensive experience with organizations that support women.
Which types of punctuation can be used to set off a nonrestrictive element in a sentence? Select 3 options.commasdasheshyphensparenthesesquotation marks
Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.Silly words and expressions have often disappeared, not through any evolutionary process but owing to the conscious action of a minority. Two recent examples were explore every avenue and leave no stone unturned, which were killed by the jeers of a few journalists.
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Read the body paragraph from Antonin's rhetorical analysis essay on Shirley Chisholm's presidential announcement speech.At the beginning of her speech, Chisholm uses parallel syntax to emphasize her claim that she is the ideal candidate. She presents herself as a new kind of candidate who can bring an era of positivity to the US. She says that Nixon failed to bring "the courage, the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best in us, to rekindle in each of us our faith in the American dream." Chisholm's stylized phrasing underscores the incredible opportunity that Nixon missed and that she can set right.
Consider these versions of The War of the Worlds.Excerpt 1, from H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds:"Henderson," he called, "you saw that shooting star last night?" "Well?" said Henderson. "It's out on Horsell Common now." "Good Lord!" said Henderson. "Fallen meteorite! That's good." "But it's something more than a meteorite. It's a cylinder—an artificial cylinder, man! And there’s something inside."Excerpt 2, from Howard E. Koch's script for Orson Welles's radio adaptation:WILMUTH: I seen a kinda greenish streak and then zingo! Somethin' smacked the ground. Knocked me clear out of my chair! PHILLIPS: Well, were you frightened, Mrs. Wilmuth? MRS. WILMUTH: Well, I—I ain't quite sure. I reckon I—I was kinda riled. PHILLIPS: Thank you, Mr. Wilmuth. Thank you.Which statement best describes the similarity between these versions?
Which factual details does the author include to inform readers? Select 3 options.
Read "XVIII" by A. E. Housman.Oh, when I was in love with you, Then I was clean and brave,And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave.And now the fancy passes by, And nothing will remain,And miles around they’ll say that I Am quite myself again.
Read the sentence.My brother who is a superb actor will audition tomorrow for a film role.
Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.There is a long list of fly-blown metaphors which could similarly be got rid of if enough people would interest themselves in the job; and it should also be possible to laugh the not ‘un-’ formation out of existence, to reduce the amount of Latin and Greek in the average sentence, to drive out foreign phrases and strayed scientific words, and, in general, to make pretentiousness unfashionable. But all these are minor points. The defense of the English language implies more than this, and perhaps it is best to start by saying what it does not imply.
Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.Defenseless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven out into the countryside, the cattle machine-gunned, the huts set on fire with incendiary bullets: this is called pacification. Millions of peasants are robbed of their farms and sent trudging along the roads with no more than they can carry: this is called transfer of population or rectification of frontiers. People are imprisoned for years without trial, or shot in the back of the neck or sent to die of scurvy in Arctic lumber camps: this is called elimination of unreliable elements. Such phraseology is needed if one wants to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
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