Read the excerpt from the interview with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg.When I lost my possessions, I found my creativity. I felt I was being born for the first time. So for me the world became beautiful.With the Crash, I realized that the greatest fantasy of all was business. The only realistic way of making a living was versifying. Living off your imagination.Based on the excerpt, which best describes Harburg’s view of the Great Depression?
Read the passage."Can’t do it. Won’t do it. No, I refuse to do it.” These were the thoughts that went through Spencer’s mind as he trudged out to the dumpster for the tenth time that afternoon. Those fools thought they could push him around just because he was the newest person on the job. No one else had to walk down the back stairs into the cold, wet afternoon to take out the trash 10 times in one day! "Well, joke’s on them,” he thought as he tossed the bag of trash into the dumpster and kept on walking toward the bus stop instead of heading back in to finish his shift.
Read the passage.At the sound of the gun, the runners’ legs began to cross the starting line in a blur, and their bodies surged forward as if propelled by unseen engines. The lanes were runways, and the runners could take flight at any moment. But they stayed on earth, their feet drumming the ground in an uneven staccato that reverberated in the chests of the cheering crowd that choked the fence along the track.
Read the passage.Finn skillfully and easily put together my new desk. Grace and I were unsure of what to do, but Finn—like a brother to me—read the instructions thoroughly and got to work immediately. As always, he had tools in the back of his car ready to go. When he finished, I treated him to some tasty tacos.
Read the passage.Molly looked at her little brother and sighed. She forced a smile and asked, "What do you want to do today?” He stared back at her blankly. "Do you want to go to the aquarium and see the penguins and have an ice cream cone? Do you want to go to the park with the giant whale you can climb on, the one where you found the cool blue feathers? Hey! What about the museum with the big skeleton of a dinosaur that you like so much?”"Don’t care,” he responded dully.
Read the excerpt from the interview with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg.We thought American business was the Rock of Gibraltar. We were the prosperous nation, and nothing could stop us now. A brownstone house was forever. You gave it to your kids and they put marble fronts on it. There was a feeling of continuity. If you made it, it was there forever. Suddenly the big dream exploded. How do Harburg’s words reflect the experience of many Americans during the Great Depression?
Read the passage.The rain came out of nowhere. It was just a few sprinkles at first. The droplets grew larger with each passing minute. Soon, there were more of them. They grew to the size of marbles. Liz quickened her step. She hadn’t planned for the rain. There were mud puddles everywhere. Mud splashed up her ankles. Mud soaked into her shoes. Mud squished between her toes. She might as well have been barefoot.
Read the passage.Janelle could not believe her eyes when the cast list for the spring play was finally posted. Not only was she cast in the role she wanted, but her brother was cast in the leading role!
Read the passage.Get off the bus. Walk home. Eat a snack. Walk the dog. Do homework. Every day was the same. As Jimmy was walking Socks for the third time in a single day, just to get out of the house, he thought about ways he could make his life a bit more interesting. Not that he wanted too much excitement. Kelly, a girl in his world history class, was a competitive swimmer. And not just for their school. She swam with a club in town and trained every morning for two hours before school and again for two hours after. That seemed like too much to Jimmy.
Read the passage.Knowing that it would be unthinkably rude to laugh, but struggling to suppress the giggles that threatened to break free, Silas fixed his lips into the thinnest of lines. On stage, a bumblebee with an earnest expression continually stopped to straighten her antennae, each time picking up where she had left off and falling further and further behind the other dancers. A tulip lost his footing and went hurtling into a dandelion, and for a moment, Silas was certain a brawl would break out. The tulip and dandelion glared at each other, each refusing to break eye contact as garden gnomes twirled around them. Finally, a butterfly broke into a huge grin and stared, waving at someone in the first row. A caterpillar grabbed him by a wing and dragged him forcefully back into the dance line. That’s when Silas burst into uncontrollable laughter, but he was one of many in the crowd to do so.
Which historical event was the major incentive for Harburg to write the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
Which element of style do authors use when they vary sentence structures in a piece of writing?
Which sentence is written correctly?
In "Poetry," which words indicate that the poet is frustrated by the general culture of poets and poetry?
Which sentence is written correctly?
Read the excerpt from "Rhobert” in Cane.It is a sad thing to see a banty-bowed, shaky, ricket-legged man straining the raw insides of his throat against smoothed air. Holding furtive thoughts about the glory of pulp-heads strewn in water. . . . He is way down. Down. Mud, coming to his banty knees, almost hides them.
Which sentence contains parallel structure?
Read the passage."Levi! Levi! I’m open!” shouted Aisha, playing left wing across the field, waving her arm to flag him down."Man on!” Levi heard from his own team bench behind him, and he knew he needed to make a decision quickly. He made eye contact with Aisha, using his gaze to guide her in the direction he’d be passing. A quick nod of her head indicated she understood, and she positioned herself for the play.He maneuvered the ball toward the opposing player in his way, mind and body working as one to weave around him with the grace and agility of a ballet dancer."Levi!” Aisha exclaimed again. It’s now or never! Levi thought, and he sent the ball in a soaring arc across the field, perfectly positioning it for his teammate to score the winning goal.
Which of the following sentences should be revised to eliminate redundancy?
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