Read the passage.Paul seems to know everyone in this town, and is always amenable to a chat when I run into him. Paul's father, a docile man, works with him at the bookstore.Which statement best explains the nuance between amenable and docile?
Tenaya recently watched a baile folklórico performance. She wants to learn more about the origins of the dance style and the colorful costumes. Which text best suits Tenaya's purpose?
Read the excerpt from Mark Twain's memoir, Life on the Mississippi.I was quaking from head to foot, and I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.What is the most likely meaning of the phrase "I could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far" in this sentence?
Which event is part of the exposition in "Cinderella"?
What are the most likely meanings of the idiom "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it"? Select two options.
What is the most likely reason someone would read Star People, Sky Gods, and Other Tales of the Native American Indians by G. W. Mullins?
Read the excerpts from "The Royal House of Thebes" and "The Story of a Warrior Queen.""We are women," she told her sister. "We must obey. We have no strength to defy the State." "Choose your own part," Antigone said. "I go to bury the brother I love." "You are not strong enough," Ismene cried. "Why, then when my strength fails," Antigone answered, "I will give up." She left her sister; Ismene dared not follow her.–"The Royal House of Thebes"Again and again the Romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the Britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. Boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "It is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "I am a woman, but I would rather die than yield. Will you follow me, men?" and of course the men followed her gladly.–"The Story of a Warrior Queen"
Read the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes."Ismene weeping came from the palace to stand with her sister. "I helped do it," she said. But Antigone would not have that. "She had no share in it," she told Creon. And she bade her sister say no more. "Your choice was to live," she said, "mine to die."As she was led away to death, she spoke to the bystanders:—. . . Behold me, what I sufferBecause I have upheld that which is high.
Which actions best support the theme that lust for power is stronger than family ties? Select two options.
Read the excerpt from Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall."He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonderIf I could put a notion in his head:"Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t itWhere there are cows? But here there are no cows.Before I built a wall I’d ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offence.Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him,But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d ratherHe said it for himself. I see him thereBringing a stone grasped firmly by the topIn each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.He moves in darkness as it seems to me,Not of woods only and the shade of trees.He will not go behind his father’s saying,And he like having thought of it so wellHe says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."
Read the passage.Hana's ambivalence about the trip was understandable. She wanted to visit her parents' country of birth, but she was worried that it would be difficult for her family to get back into the country when they came home.Based on context clues in the excerpt, what is the most likely meaning of ambivalence?
Read the sentence.Levi was terrified of leaving his parents' farm and striking out on his own, but the longer he stayed, the more obvious it became that he was going to have to cut the cord, and soon.What are the best possible meanings of the euphemism "cut the cord"? Select two options.
Read the brief overview of El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America by Carrie Gibson.This book explores the Hispanic heritage of the United States, established by Spaniards over a period of about one hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
Read the excerpts from "The Royal House of Thebes" and " The Story of a Warrior Queen.""You knew my edict?" Creon asked. "Yes," Antigone replied. "And you transgressed the law?" "Your law, but not the law of Justice who dwells with the gods," Antigone said. "The unwritten laws of heaven are not of today nor yesterday, but from all time."–"The Royal House of Thebes"As she spoke, fierce desires for revenge grew in them. They had hated their Roman conquerors before, now the hatred became a madness.So, when Boadicea had finished speaking, a cry of rage rose from the Britons. They beat upon their shields with their swords, and swore to avenge their Queen, to fight and die for her and for their country.–"The Story of a Warrior Queen"
Which type of text is usually read for entertainment?
Raoul watched a documentary about the Santa Fe Trail, a route from Missouri to New Mexico used by traders and travelers in the 1800s. What is the most likely reason Raoul would choose to read Youth on the Santa Fe Trail by Camilla Kattell, a book that tells the personal stories of real people who traveled the Santa Fe Trail as members of wagon caravans?
Read the excerpts from "The Royal House of Thebes" and "The Story of a Warrior Queen."Antigone and Ismene heard with horror what Creon had decided. To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce [to accept without protest]. She and Antigone were utterly alone. All Thebes was exulting that the man who had brought war upon them should be thus terribly punished. "We are women," she told her sister. "We must obey. We have no strength to defy the State." "Choose your own part," Antigone said. "I go to bury the brother I love."–"The Royal House of Thebes""Is it not better to be poor and free than to have great wealth and be slaves?" she [Boadicea] asked. "And the Romans take not only our freedom but our wealth. They want to make us both slaves and beggars. Let us rise. O brothers and sisters, let us rise, and drive these robbers out of our land! Let us kill them every one! Let us teach them that they are no better than hares and foxes, and no match for greyhounds! We will fight, and if we cannot conquer, then let us die—yes, every one of us—die rather than submit."–"The Story of a Warrior Queen"
What is the most likely reason someone would choose to read Impressions of an Indian Childhood, published in the early 1900s by Zitkala-Sa, a member of the Dakota Sioux tribe?
Read the excerpt from As You Like It by William Shakespeare.All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances.What do Shakespeare's metaphors most likely mean?
Which statements accurately define archetypes? Select three options.
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