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Which homophone best completes the sentence?They showed us ________ finished projects at the end of class.

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Which sentence shows the correct use of the common homophone (its/it's)?

My dog was unable to relocate it’s buried bone.

Our old oak tree has dropped all of it’s leaves.

The overplayed song has lost its appeal for me.

Its been too many weeks since it last rained.

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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Said Odysseus:"Run then, while I hold them off with arrowsas long as the arrows last. When all are goneif I'm alone they can dislodge me."

to run quickly when in dangerous battle

to make arrows with few materials

to lead confidently in times of distress

to give orders without self-assurance

One theme found throughout The Odyssey is that good leaders take responsibility for those in their charge.

“The wind that carried west from Iliumbrought me to Ismarus, on the far shore,a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought.”

“I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches, and called the rest: All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one tastethe Lotus, or you lose your hope of home.”

He drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for Antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup, embossed, two-handled, golden: the cup was in his fingers: the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death?

“Spare your own people. As for ourselves, we'll makerestitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”

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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.'Cyclops, try some wine.Here's liquor to wash down your scraps of men. Taste it, and see the kind of drink we carriedunder our planks. I meant it for an offeringif you would help us home. But you are mad,unbearable, a bloody monster! After this,will any other traveler come to see you?'

He is hoping the wine will cheer up the Cyclops enough to set them free.

He intends to make the Cyclops his friend by being kind to him.

He plans to distract the Cyclops while his men escape through the entrance.

He wants to trick the Cyclops by getting him drunk and weakening him.

Which guidelines should be followed when creating a works cited page using MLA format? Check all that apply.“Works Cited” is centered on the page.Citations are listed in chronological order.Citations are double spaced.A hanging indent is used for lengthy citations.The researcher’s name and address are included.

“Works Cited” is centered on the page.

Citations are listed in chronological order.

Citations are double spaced.

A hanging indent is used for lengthy citations.

The researcher’s name and address are included.

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Which excerpt from Part 1 of The Odyssey is cited properly in MLA style?

“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot.” Homer (55-56)

“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot” (Homer 55-56).

“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot” Homer, 55-56.

“This was an army, trained to fight on horseback /or, where the ground required, on foot.” (Homer) 55-56

Read the excerpt from Part 4 of The Odyssey.As long as bread and good red wine remainedto keep the men up, and appease their craving,they would not touch the cattle. But in the end,when all the barley in the ship was gone,so hunger drove them to scour the wild shorewith angling hooks, for fishes and seafowl, whatever fell into their hands; and lean dayswore their bellies thin.

It is easy to uphold morals when one is not suffering.

Resourcefulness is all one needs to survive.

People can endure any suffering with teamwork.

Rules are challenging to follow without a strong leader.

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

Homer writes that the men’s oars “sent the white foam scuddling by” (38).

Homer writes “that the men’s oars sent the white foam scuddling by” (38)

Homer writes “that the men’s oars sent the white foam scuddling by,” (38).

Homer writes that the men’s oars “sent the white foam scuddling by.” (38)

Read this excerpt from The Odyssey."Oh, Nan, they are a bad lot; they intendruin for all of us; but Antinous appears a blacker-hearted hound than any.Here is a poor man come, a wanderer,driven by want to beg his bread, and everyonein hall gave bits, to cram his bag—onlyAntinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder!"

Antinous’s friends will rally around him, and he will be victorious in battle.

Antinous will gain great power and win the heart of Penelope at last.

Antinous’s friends will turn on him, and he will suffer for his actions.

Antinous will become a poor man and wanderer like Odysseus.

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly in MLA style?

Homer writes that Odysseus and his men “were left to groan and wait for morning.” (Homer, 218)

Homer writes “that Odysseus and his men were left to groan and wait for morning” (Homer: 218).

Homer writes that Odysseus and his men “were left to groan and wait for morning” (218).

Homer writes “that Odysseus and his men were left to groan and wait for morning” (218)

Which key details should be included in a paraphrase of this passage? Select three options.

The storm was a direct result of Zeus’s fury at the men.

For two days and nights, Zeus created a storm at sea.

Odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives.

The sails on the ship cracked in the heavy winds.

The men felt grief as they lay offshore and waited.

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