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Which best describes the rhyme schemes in "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex"?

Read the quotation from "Song of Myself."It is not far, it is within reach,Perhaps you have been on it since you were born and did not know,Perhaps it is everywhere on water and on land.Shoulder your duds dear son, and I will mine, and let us hasten forth,Wonderful cities and free nations we shall fetch as we go.In this quotation, the first stanza has a different style from the second section. What does this suggest about Whitman’s overall style in the poem?

The sections of "Song of Myself" approach one subject from several different angles. How does this technique reflect the main theme of the poem?

How do the themes of "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" differ?

What is similar about the love that is expressed in "That I did always love" and "'Why do I love' You, Sir?"

Read the sentence.Mark can’t come to the movies this afternoon because he helps his brother paint the kitchen. Which is the best replacement for the underlined word?

In "Civil Disobedience," what is Thoreau’s view of the state at the end of the essay?

Read the sentence.The dance was attended by the entire senior class, as well as several chaperones.Which is the best way to write this sentence in the active voice?

How are the speakers’ attitudes toward God and Death similar in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church"?

Considering "Civil Disobedience," why did both Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. engage in acts of civil disobedience?

Which sentence is an example of the indicative mood?

What do the stanzas in "A Psalm of Life" have in common?

Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the long lines in "Song of Myself"?

In "Civil Disobedience," what does Thoreau think about right after he wonders if he could have been of service to his community?

Read the paragraph.Novac barely heard his dad’s car rumbling up the driveway. He barely heard the car door as it closed or his dad’s key in the lock. He barely hears his dad put his tools in the front hall closet. He was so focused on his geometry proof, that when he first heard a soft, muffled bark coming from downstairs, he barely noticed. Then he heard it again. A true bark! And it was coming from downstairs. He dropped his notebook on the floor and smiled. He feels tears in the corners of his eyes. Finally--his family owned a dog. Choose the best two words to replace the underlined words, in order.