What was the difference between watching and reading "The Lottery"?

Which strategy will help you revise your choice of words to achieve your purpose?

How many lessons do you need to complete in Unit 2? 14 12 10 20

What does it mean to revise a piece of writing

Read the excerpt from "Justin Lebo.” When he got it home, he wheeled the junker into the garage and showed it proudly to his father. "Will you help me fix it up?" he asked. Justin's hobby was bike racing, a passion the two of them shared. Their garage barely had room for the car anymore. It was more like a bike shop. Tires and frames hung from hooks on the ceiling, and bike wrenches dangled from the walls. Based on the details in this excerpt, which word best describes the gar

what does the line between tragic hero and villian get murky

Read this phrase from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California." I wandered in and out of the brilliant stacks of cans following you, and followed in my imagination by the store detective. From this excerpt, it can best be inferred that the speaker is unconcerned about the time. searching for a particular item. being closely watched for shoplifting. overwhelmed by the multitude of choices.

For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery…


Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?....No, sir….They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.


…Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? …If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!


Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!


Write a paragraph in which you explain how Patrick Henry uses, repeats, and refines the meanings of the words chains and slavery to support his argument.

Which description is an example of an allegory?

A. O. Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief" recounts the story of two bandits who kidnap a spoiled little boy for ransom but later pay his father to take him back.
B. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin, tells the story of 16 people who are heirs to a large inheritance, but they must discover their benefactor’s killer in order to inherit the money.
C. "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton is a thought-provoking story that asks a tough question: Would a woman rather see the man she loves with another woman or be mauled by a tiger?
D. William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies is a thrilling story about a group of boys surviving after a plane crash without the guidance of adults. It's also a tale about the struggle between civilization and savagery.

A résumé includes a brief summary of a writer’s _____, work experience, and other qualifying life experiences.
educational background

test scores

list of courses taken and grades

brief autobiography

In "Any Human to Another," Countee Cullen compares the plight of the African American people to a deep-piercing arrow in order to
A. frighten the reader.
B. add interest and color to the poem.
C. exaggerate the aggression of their foes.
D. emphasize their pain and suffering.

An argument appeals to

A. emotions and ethics
B. logic and reason
C. humor and comfort
D. interests and opinions

A writer should use a reciprocal pronoun when/4161029/dbfa4bdf?utm_source=registration

What does the dialogue that J.D. Salinger used in this excerpt from The Catcher in the Rye reveal about the speaker? "Something like that—a guy getting hit on the head with a rock or something—tickled the pants off Ackley. 'You have a d*mn good sense of humor, Ackley kid,' I told him. ‘You know that?' "

A. He is sarcastic
B. He is honest
C.He is confused
D. He is a liar

What's does zero judgment mean?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Infamy Speech
December 8, 1941

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to the Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.

It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.

Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.

Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.

As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.

Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounded determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God.

I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire."

Which answer best summarizes the nature of relations between the two countries prior to the attacks?

Both parties knew that at some point war would be unavoidable.
Neither party had anticipated the outbreak of war soon.
Peaceful negotiations to ensure peace had been underway.
Some hints that negotiations would prove fruitless had been given.

Initiation poem by sylvia plath is about what

As long as people have different ________, everyone has a comparative advantage in something

Dormant and Dominant A. Synonyms B. Antonyms C. Neither

What does miss maudie tell scout about boo? how does this compare with what scout already believes?

What is the literary style of Gulliver's Baubles?

Before publication in a reputable journal, the findings of a research study must undergo scrutiny by experts in the field in a process known as ____.​

Read these quotations: “That Virtue…was in a manner contagious; more especially the bright virtue known as patriotism , or love of country. That the lofty example of this immaculate and unimpeachable witness [John Basard] for the Crown….” “Neither did he [Roger Cly] call it a curious coincidence that true patriotism was his only motive too. He was a true Briton, and hoped there were many like him.”
What is the narrator’s tone in these descriptions of patriotism?

One or more syllables placed in front of a base, or root, word is called a _____

Which of these sentences uses a semicolon appropriately?
A) Although the concert doesn't start for over an hour; most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall.
B) The concert doesn't start for over an hour; though, most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall.
C) Most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall; however, the concert doesn't start for over an hour.
D) Even though the concert doesn't start for over an hour; however, most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall.

The most outstanding metaphor is "the cherry hung with snow." what two basically unlike things are being compared? why is the metaphor effective?

In order to infer a theme from a story, one must identify the central __________ and its __________.

What type of noun is the word in bold? samuel looked for an answer to the problem by reading his textbook.

a. proper?

Match the description of each speech to the most likely occasion on which it was delivered.

Which of the following statements is true of taking responsibility?        A. You're unlikely to get control of your life when you blame others for your mistakes.   B. Blaming another for your mistake is sensible when your accusation can be proven.   C. You can't expect people to respect you if you make too many mistakes.   D. If you correct a mistake quickly, no one else needs to know about it.  

(LC) In this speech Roosevelt termed, for the first time, journalists as muckrakers. Muck-rake- n. A rake for scraping up muck or dung Muckrake- v. To search out and publicly expose real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1906 In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muck-rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor. In Pilgrim's Progress the Man with the Muck-rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of on spiritual things. Yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty, and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that which is vile and debasing. Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the floor and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed. But the man who never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck-rake, speedily becomes, not a help to society, not an incitement to good, but one of the most potent forces for evil. There are, in the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful. . . To assail the great and admitted evils of our political and industrial life with such crude and sweeping generalizations as to include decent men in the general condemnation means the searing of the public conscience. There results a general attitude either of cynical belief in and indifference to public corruption or else of a distrustful inability to discriminate between the good and the bad. Either attitude is fraught with untold damage to the country as a whole. The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well-nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad. There is nothing more distressing to every good patriot, to every good American, than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter. Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition. In the line, "Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition," the word "but" shows an opposite relationship between a vacant mind and high emotions, so we can conclude that high emotions are
   A.negative
  B.angry
 C.indifferent
D.admirable