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Which best describes the speaker of "London's Summer Morning"?

a lamplighter putting out the streetlights

a housemaid in a private home

a chimney-boy watching a market

a person walking through London’s streets

Read the excerpt from "London's Summer Morning."Now pastry dainties catch the eye minuteOf humming insects, while the limy snareWaits to enthrall them.What does this excerpt from the poem describe?

a bakery hoping to draw in customers

a rotting pastry surround by insects

a trap used to capture flying bugs

a group of people wearing bright colors

What is an affix?

a word that sounds the same as another word

the beginning of a word

a word part added to the beginning or end of a word

the base part of a word

Read the sentence.Eliana Rodriguez who teaches biology is my favorite teacher because she gives engaging lectures.Which is the best way to revise this sentence?

Eliana Rodriguez, who teaches biology is my favorite teacher because she gives engaging lectures.

Eliana Rodriguez, who teaches biology, is my favorite teacher because she gives engaging lectures.

Eliana Rodriguez who teaches biology is my favorite teacher because, she gives engaging lectures.

Eliana Rodriguez who teaches biology, is my favorite teacher, because, she gives engaging lectures.

What is the best summary of the first paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"?

The United States was not considered a great power until it entered World War I, thus beginning its continual involvement in world affairs.

The Spanish-American War gave the United States a basis of power so it could enter World War I as a great power.

The United States entered World War I as a great power but has not influenced world affairs in the same way since.

The United States has always been considered a great power, despite its desire to withdraw from world affairs.

cent = "one hundred”sens = "feel”Which word is spelled correctly?

censational

centimental

sensational

sentennial

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."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."Now read “The Pasture,” also by Robert Frost. I’m going out to clean the pasture spring;I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):I shan’t be gone long.—You come too.I’m going out to fetch the little calfThat’s standing by the mother. It’s so young,It totters when she licks it with her tongue.I shan’t be gone long.—You come too. Which best accounts for the different views of spring expressed in the poems?

Frost’s opinions changed through time.

The poems have different speakers.

Frost’s speakers represent his own views.

The poems were written at different locations.

Read the excerpt from "How We Entered World War I."In the midst of it came the revelation of the telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann inviting Mexico into alliance as a belligerent. As a scheme to keep U.S. forces occupied on their own border, it offered to help Mexico regain her lost territories of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.The author most likely uses the word "scheme" to

explain to the reader that acts of war are carefully planned and executed.

point out the anger the United States had toward Mexico and Germany.

show the reader that Germany was a legitimate threat to the United States.

demonstrate that Germany had no allies in World War I.

Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."I wonder how it was done and who did it, and what they did it for. Round and round and round—round and round and round—it makes me dizzy!I really have discovered something at last.Through watching so much at night, when it changes so, I have finally found out.The front pattern DOES move—and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it!Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over.Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard.And she is all the time trying to climb through.Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Gilman’s time?

The fact that the pattern moves contributes to the idea that the narrator’s husband is tyrannical.

The fact that the pattern moves creates a sense of mystery and suspense, since the source of the moving is unknown.

The image of the woman trying to escape suggests that supernatural forces are present in the narrator’s room.

The image of the woman trying to escape contributes to the idea that the narrator feels trapped and unable to control her fate.

Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making.Wilson’s word choice in the paragraph supports the idea that

calling Congress into session has major consequences.

he is worried about making this decision on his own.

he understands the magnitude of the decision the country is faced with.

the president cannot make serious decisions without input from Congress.

What does the repetition of the word "neutral" throughout "How We Entered World War I" emphasize?

the author's lack of bias in researching the events that led the United States to enter World War I

the stance taken by the United States in its attempt to remain isolated from World War I

the fact that Wilson was unable to mobilize the United States into entering World War I

how a reader must view the facts presented in this account of the history of 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?

The wall protects his orchard.

The wall is in the wrong place.

The wall is too difficult to repair.

The wall is unnecessary.

Read the sentences. Fellow students, I know I will be a wonderful class president because I truly care about all of you, and I want this school to be the best place that it can possibly be. I am open and willing to listen, and do whatever I need to do to help all of you. In these sentences, the speaker is appealing to

ethos, an appeal based on the speaker’s character.

logos, an appeal based on logic and reason.

pathos, an appeal based on emotion.

purpose, an appeal based on the audience’s function.

Which sentence is written correctly?

Karina, the new student body president, was previously the class treasurer.

Karina the new student body president, was previously the class treasurer.

Karina, the new student body president was previously the class treasurer.

Karina the new student body president was previously the class treasurer.

Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson’s speech, “War Message to Congress.” I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only for the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be.Which statement best describes the main idea of the excerpt?

A lot of the nation’s property has been destroyed.

The nation has lost an immense amount of wealth.

Human lives are worth more than material items.

The nation will get back everything that was lost.

Read the excerpt from "How We Entered World War I."Nothing that Wilson said about the danger to democracy could not have been said all along. For that cause we could have gone to war six months or a year or two years earlier, with incalculable effect on history. Except for the proof of hostility in the resumed submarine campaign and the Zimmermann telegram, our cause would have been as valid, but we would then have been fighting a preventive war—to prevent a victory by German militarism with its potential danger to our way of life—not a war of no choice. Instead, we waited for the overt acts of hostility which brought the war to us...The author's word choice gives the reader a sense that

the threat to democracy should have been enough motivation for the United States to enter the war.

the United States was incorrect in waiting for a hostile act from Germany.

the United States did not have a justifiable reason to go to war earlier.

the entry of the United States into World War I was justified, and the timing was accurate.

Before Cambria entered the arena to watch the speech, she decided to turn her cell phone off. Cambria’s decision will help her

pay attention to the speaker.

prejudge the speaker.

avoid jumping to conclusions.

research the speaker’s topic.

If tele means "far away" and gram means "something that is written," which is the best definition of the word telegram?

a scientific analysis of handwriting

a communication that is false

a message sent over a long distance

a sound that is far away

How does the author of "How We Entered World War I" organize the information in the text?

The author explains the decision to go to war by comparing and contrasting events that led to World War I.

The author presents her interpretation and opinions about the United States and its reasons for entering World War I.

The author outlines events chronologically to give a complete account of the United States entering World War I.

The author offers opinions of those living in the United States and how they felt about the country's involvement in the war.

Read the poem “Roses,” by George Eliot. You love the roses—so do I. I wishThe sky would rain down roses, as they rainFrom off the shaken bush. Why will it not?Then all the valley would be pink and whiteAnd soft to tread on. They would fall as lightAs feathers, smelling sweet; and it would beLike sleeping and like waking, all at once! What is the main style difference between “Roses” and "Night"?

“Roses” uses a more modern form.

“Night” uses a rhyme scheme.

“Night” uses trochaic pentameter.

“Roses” uses iambic pentameter.

Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell."But that wasn’t the only queer thing in the house. The very next day I found out that Mrs. Brympton had no nurse; and then I asked Agnes about the woman I had seen in the passage the afternoon before. Agnes said she had seen no one, and I saw that she thought I was dreaming. To be sure, it was dusk when we went down the passage, and she had excused herself for not bringing a light; but I had seen the woman plain enough to know her again if we should meet. I decided that she must have been a friend of the cook’s, or of one of the other women servants: perhaps she had come down from town for a night’s visit, and the servants wanted it kept secret. Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants’ friends in the house overnight. At any rate, I made up my mind to ask no more questions. Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Wharton’s time?

The narrator feels inadequate when she reports seeing a supernatural being and nobody believes her.

The narrator feels like she lacks control of her own fate when her superiors refuse to answer her questions.

The narrator is dismissed by her superiors when she asks questions about an occurrence that may have been supernatural.

The narrator fears that she may be doomed when she witnesses a strange woman walking around the home.

Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell."Then he turned his back on me, and went on talking to his wife; and I knew what that meant, too. I was not the kind of morsel he was after. The typhoid had served me well enough in one way: it kept that kind of gentleman at arm’s-length.What does the narrator mean when she refers to Mr. Brympton as “that kind of gentleman”?

She does not trust Mr. Brympton.

She believes Mr. Brympton to be impatient.

She thinks Mr. Brympton is too critical.

She does not think Mr. Brympton is handsome.

Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell."I had been near a week at Brympton before I saw my master. Word came that he was arriving one afternoon, and a change passed over the whole household. It was plain that nobody loved him below stairs. Mrs. Blinder took uncommon care with the dinner that night, but she snapped at the kitchen-maid in a way quite unusual with her; and Mr. Wace, the butler, a serious, slow-spoken man, went about his duties as if he'd been getting ready for a funeral. He was a great Bible-reader, Mr. Wace was, and had a beautiful assortment of texts at his command; but that day he used such dreadful language that I was about to leave the table, when he assured me it was all out of Isaiah; and I noticed that whenever the master came Mr. Wace took to the prophets.Which best describes a gothic element in the excerpt and the social attitude it reveals?

The arrival of Mr. Brympton causes fear, revealing that men are powerful in the world.

Mrs. Blinder prepares a dinner well, revealing that cooking is considered the highest art.

Mr. Wace reads the Bible, revealing that religion is no longer a respected institution.

The servants do not like the master, revealing that having servants is no longer acceptable.

Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell."But that wasn’t the only queer thing in the house. The very next day I found out that Mrs. Brympton had no nurse; and then I asked Agnes about the woman I had seen in the passage the afternoon before. Agnes said she had seen no one, and I saw that she thought I was dreaming. To be sure, it was dusk when we went down the passage, and she had excused herself for not bringing a light; but I had seen the woman plain enough to know her again if we should meet. I decided that she must have been a friend of the cook’s, or of one of the other women servants: perhaps she had come down from town for a night’s visit, and the servants wanted it kept secret. Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants’ friends in the house overnight. At any rate, I made up my mind to ask no more questions. How does this excerpt support the idea that the story is told by an unreliable narrator?

The narrator tries to justify having seen a woman.

The narrator does not trust what Agnes tells her.

The narrator wants to meet the servants’ visiting friends.

The narrator wants to know who Mrs. Brympton’s nurse is.

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