Read the excerpt from "London's Summer Morning." Now pastry dainties catch the eye minute Of humming insects, while the limy snare Waits to enthrall them. What does this excerpt from the poem describe?
Which best describes the speaker of "London's Summer Morning"?
What is the best summary of the first paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"?
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," which description of John indicates that the narrator does not trust him?
Read the excerpt from "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'"Being naturally moved to rejoicing by this narrow escape, I wrote The Yellow Wallpaper, with its embellishments and additions, to carry out the ideal (I never had hallucinations or objections to my mural decorations) and sent a copy to the physician who so nearly drove me mad. He never acknowledged it.What was Gilman’s most likely reason for sending a copy of her story to her former physician?
The only way to avoid plagiarism in an argumentative essay is to
Which sentence is written correctly?
What key detail in "Wilson's War Message to Congress" supports his argument for entering the war?
Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.The text structure used to support the viewpoint in the paragraph is
Which sentence is written correctly?
Read the paragraph.Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students’ self-expression, but there are many other ways to reveal one’s individuality at school.Which sentence addresses a counterclaim?
Which sentence contains parallel structure?
Why did Gilman most likely choose an unreliable narrator to tell the story of "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
When addressing a counterclaim in an argumentative essay, it is important to
Read the sentence from "How We Entered World War I."The belief in our safe isolation was reinforced by Wilson, who, bent on pursuing the New Freedom through domestic reform, was irritated by the threatened interference with his program from over seas.Based on the author's word choice, which statement best explains what the author is suggesting in this sentence?
Which statement best describes the main idea of paragraph 5, which begins “For Wilson,” in "How We Entered World War I"?
Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."He is all pine and I am apple orchard.My apple trees will never get acrossAnd eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."Based on the excerpt, what does the speaker most likely think about the wall?
Read the sentence from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.In this sentence, Wilson compares the German government to governments of the past. What is he hoping to convey?
Read the sentence.Nia, my best friend, scored the winning goal.Which is the best revision of the sentence?
Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.By using the full title of the German government, Wilson most likely hopes to
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