Violence on television does not lead to violent behavior” is an example of a ___________.
a.
question of value
b.
purpose statement
c.
thesis statement
d.
speech summary

Why does Mathew Arnold mention Sophocles in this excerpt from “Dover Beach”?

With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.

Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

It enhances the dramatic quality of the poem.
Sophocles drew inspiration from the sea.

It enhances the melancholic tone of the poem.
Sophocles inspires the poet to write.

Which might be a logical first step in researching a stories historical and cultural context? A) Read a biography of the author B) Read a summary, so that you would know when and where the story is set. C) Read a work of literary criticism about the author D) Read a work of literary criticism about the story?

What does The narrator in "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" express
a. a mistrust of machines.
b. an obsession with technology.
c. ambivalence about religion.
d. a desire to live in the future.

In the story Little Women, one family brings breakfast to another on Christmas morning. Read this passage and then answer the question that follows: A poor, bare, miserable room it was, with broken windows, no fire, ragged bedclothes, a sick mother, wailing baby, and a group of pale, hungry children cuddled under one old quilt, trying to keep warm. How the big eyes stared and the blue lips smiled as the girls went in. "Ach, mein Gott! It is good angels come to us!" said the poor woman, crying for joy. What implicit meaning can you find about the sick woman and her children from this text? The mother did not know how to start a fire. The mother's illness made her children hate her. The mother was unable to provide for their needs. The mother and children lived in an abandoned building.

Of all the entries, my entries performed _____.

Which form of the modifier badly correctly completes the sentence?

most badly

worst

worse

less well

What are five helpful questions you can ask yourself if you're trying to create imagery to explain an abstract concept or idea?

What is the generalization Rowlandson implies?
The settlers were not able to defend themselves.
The Indians separated men from the women.
The Indians were bloodthirsty heathens.
The women were all butchered.

jim is interested in a career in web design. during his review he learns that a web designer will design edit and create web pages and needs to use new technology. which of the following post secondary options will best help him prepare for this career
A: Volunteering
B: Traveling the world
C: Vocational training
D: 2-year or 4-year college

HELP PLEASEEE i don't wanna fail):
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1. Read the excerpt:

On the way to school and on the way back we always passed the sweet-shop. No we didn't, we never passed it. We always stopped. We lingered outside its rather small window gazing in at the big glass jars full of Bull's-eyes and Old Fashioned Humbugs and Strawberry Bonbons and Glacier Mints and Acid Drops and Pear Drops and Lemon Drops and all the rest of them.

Choose the answer that best characterizes the shift in meaning between the first and second uses of the verb underlined in the passage.

Select one:
a. The first use of the verb indicates that the sweet-shop was on their way; the second use indicates that the children intentionally took a different route to gaze in the shop windows.
b. The first use of the verb indicates that the children walked right by the sweet-shop; the second indicates that it was not on their way home from school.
c. The first use of the verb indicates that the children were intent upon resisting the sweet-shop at first; the second indicates that they failed to resist it in the end.
d. The first use of the verb indicates that the sweet-shop was on their way to school; the second use indicates that the children were obsessive about visiting the shop.
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2. Which is a common feature of nonfiction?
Select one:
a. to include headings and subheadings
b. to build toward a climax
c. to incorporate foreshadowing
d. to involve the resolution of a conflict
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3. Read the sentence:

The men were lined up in formation along the wall, and it occurred to me that they looked very tired.

Choose the group of words that signal the use of the first-person point of view in the sentence above.

Select one:
a. men; it
b. it; me
c. occurred; me
d. men; tired

Which of the following statements about main ideas is false?

The implied main idea can be determined by summarizing the paragraph in a single statement.
The main idea may be stated in the topic sentence.
The main idea is always found at the beginning of a paragraph.
The main idea may be implied by the supporting details.

What does conjunction mean?

Needing help not really good with these authors and such. Questions are in comments

A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Herman Melville
D. Henry David Thoreau
E. Ralph Waldo Emerson
F. Walt Whitman
1. My transcendentalist world view is evident in my journal, Walden.

2. I am hailed as the Father of Free Verse.

3. The following passage exemplifies my writing style:
"The sexton stood in the porch of Milford meeting­house, pulling busily at the bell­rope. The
old people of the village came stooping along the street. Children, with bright faces, tripped
merrily beside their parents, or mimicked a graver gait, in the conscious dignity of their
Sunday clothes. Spruce bachelors looked sidelong at the pretty maidens, and fancied that the
Sabbath sunshine made them prettier than on week days. When the throng had mostly
streamed into the porch, the sexton began to toll the bell, keeping his eye on the Reverend Mr.
Hooper’s door. The first glimpse of the clergyman’s figure was the signal for the bell to cease
its summons."

4. The following passage exemplifies my writing style:
"A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained
form, seemed to thrust me violently back. For a brief moment I hesitated—I trembled.
Unsheathing my rapier, I began to grope with it about the recess; but the thought of an instant
reassured me. I placed my hand upon the solid fabric of the catacombs, and felt satisfied. I
reapproached the wall; I replied to the yells of him who clamoured. I re­echoed—I aided—I
surpassed them in volume and in strength. I did this, and the clamourer grew still."

Both petroleum and coal are made up of complex carbon-based molecules, and both originated with living creatures of some kind. Both are vital sources of energy for the modern world and both were formed by geologic processes over millions of years. However, petroleum was mainly formed from the remains of ocean-dwelling microorganisms. Coal, on the other hand, originated from decayed vegetation in ancient swamps and bogs. In any case, it took millions of years for both coal and oil to be produced. This is the case because it took that much time for overlying sediments to produce the unimaginable heat and pressure that would one day allow us to harvest these energy resources. What is one clue word or phrase in the passage that indicates a contrast? A. Both B. Because C. However D. In any case

Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".

"Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm." This last was one of her many Dominican sayings she had imported into her scrambled English.

Which English idiom has the same meaning as the one underlined in this excerpt?

We’re all in the same boat.
You are barking up the wrong tree.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Slow and steady wins the race.

What is one of the reasons that Swift gives for his proposal?
A. There is a famine in the land, and children are plentiful.
B. Irish infants' fathers are already selling them as servants to the rich.
C. Chefs in Ireland are already serving infant meat in the finest restaurants.
D. Harvesting poor infants will reduce the number of papists in the country.

This is a really weird story but I can't seem to find the answer!?!?!?!?!

Is the example a complete sentence, sentence fragment, or run-on sentence?

They have grown taller; they will need new clothes soon.









A.
complete sentence







B.
sentence fragment







C.
run-on sentence

What element of a story is most likely to describe the setting of a story?

Climax
Exposition
Falling action
Resolution

What is the figurative language used in this poem?

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed us –
The Dews drew quivering and chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – ‘tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses’ Heads
Were toward Eternity –

In which writing situation is formal English appropriate?

friendly letter
journal entry
humorous anecdote
test response

The purpose of flipping through a literature anthology is to help you _____.

choose research sources
help revise your draft
generate a topic
identify audience and purpose

Which archetype fits the character Arachne best?

the Ingènue
the Outcast
the Hero
the Lady Warrior

How does As I Lay Dying most meet the definition of Modernist literature?

A. It uses a reliable narrator.
B. Its narrative is fragmented.
C. The theme celebrates the American Dream.
D.The characters are exaggerated and unrealistic.

What does a topic state?

It determines the fictional outcome
It makes the story more complex
I forces the character to change
States what the story is about

Which of the following is NOT a type of logical fallacy?
A. appeal to emotion
B. false dilemma
C. rhetorical question
D. appeal to common opinion

9.
Why was Zeus angry with Prometheus?

because Prometheus gave mortals the gift of fire

because Prometheus could not stop looking at his own reflection

because Prometheus told the mortals about immortality

because Prometheus had flown too close to the sun
?

Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.

But progress is not foreordained. The key is freedom—freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication. The renowned scientist, scholar, and founding father of this university, Mikhail Lomonosov, knew that. "It is common knowledge," he said, "that the achievements of science are considerable and rapid, particularly once the yoke of slavery is cast off and replaced by the freedom of philosophy." You know, one of the first contacts between your country and mine took place between Russian and American explorers. The Americans were members of Cook's last voyage on an expedition searching for an Arctic passage; on the island of Unalaska, they came upon the Russians, who took them in, and together with the native inhabitants, held a prayer service on the ice.

In this excerpt, President Reagan expresses his opinion that the key to progress is freedom. This is

a substantiated opinion because Reagan quotes an expert.
a substantiated opinion because Reagan lists many freedoms.
an unsubstantiated opinion because Reagan shares personal feelings.
an unsubstantiated opinion because Reagan gives a historical example.

The speaker in my last duchess is
a. the duke of ferrara
c. robert browning
b. the dukes first wife
d. the coun

Which mode of narration is used in this excerpt from Daisy Miller by Henry James?

The young lady inspected her flounces and smoothed her ribbons again; and Winterbourne presently risked an observation upon the beauty of the view. He was ceasing to be embarassed, for he had begun to perceive that she was not in the least embarrassed herself. There had not been the slightest alteration in her charming complexion; she was evidently neither offended nor flattered. If she looked another way when he spoke to her, and seemed not particularly to hear him, this was simply her habit, her manner.
Yet, as he talked a little more and pointed out some of the objects of interest in the view, with which she appeared quite unacquainted, she gradually gave him more of the benefit of her glance; and then he saw that this glance was perfectly direct and unshrinking. It was not, however, what would have been called an immodest glance, for the young girl's eyes were singularly honest and fresh. They were wonderfully pretty eyes; and, indeed, Winterbourne had not seen for a long time anything prettier than his fair countrywoman's various features—her complexion, her nose, her ears, her teeth. He had a great relish for feminine beauty; he was addicted to observing and analyzing it; and as regards this young lady's face he made several observations.

A. first person
B. third-person omniscient
C. second person
D. third-person limited

Which of the following lines from King's letter is meant to be interpreted literally?

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over
We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham
In those days the church was not merely a thermometer
It was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.

Since 1927, most u.s. presidents, as well as several other world leaders and pioneers, have been given what title by time magazine?