Read the passage.
The Dust Bowl
During the 1930s, extreme drought and high winds made life incredibly difficult in the Great Plains region of the United States. In many areas, rainfall was forty percent less than normal. The soil became extremely dry, and when strong winds blew, they created tremendous dust storms. These so-called “black blizzards” were so thick that they made daylight seem like dusk. During this terrible period, the Great Plains region of the United States was named the “Dust Bowl.” Over the next few years, the drought continued, and the winds created more dust storms. In some places, the drought and high winds lasted for eight years. Many people wondered if the black blizzards would ever end.
Which statement about this paragraph’s main idea is true?
This paragraph’s main idea is stated in the topic sentence.
There are not enough details to support the main idea.
This paragraph’s main idea is implied.
This paragraph does not express a main idea.
The paragraph's main idea is stated in the topic sentence and provides ample details about the conditions of the Dust Bowl, the environmental impact, and the socioeconomic ramifications on the Great Plains during the 1930s.
Explanation:The paragraph’s main idea is indeed stated in the topic sentence. It introduces the topic of the Dust Bowl, explaining the harsh conditions of extreme drought and high winds that plagued the Great Plains during the 1930s, leading to massive dust storms that created difficulties for the people and the environment. This disaster was exacerbated by farming practices such as over-plowing, overproduction of crops, and failure to use sustainable agricultural techniques. This led to the land being stripped of its natural grasses and when combined with the severe drought, the remaining soil turned to dust and was easily swept away by winds.
The passage provides several supporting details that expand on the main idea, such as the rainfall being forty percent less than normal, the soil becoming extremely dry, and the duration of the drought and wind conditions. Additionally, the passage mentions the effects on people’s lives, such as wondering if the storms would ever end, and describes the environmental devastation that resulted from the dust storms. It illustrates the severity of the Dust Bowl by mentioning how dust storms were so thick they made daylight appear like dusk.
How are Millay's "Spring" and Kummings's "Spring is like a perhaps hand" similar? (humming is actually with a C it wouldn't let me post the question if i didn't change it)
Answer:
(A) They both portray spring as a person decorating.
Explanation:
"Spring" is written by Edna St. Vincent Millay, while "Spring is like a perhaps hand" is written by E. E. Kummings (officially with C not a K).
The two poems describe how spring is a person, through Kummings described it as people who are arranging things, while Millay described it as a a naive person throwing around flowers.
The two tones of the poems are also very different, with Millay's being more sardonic in tone. Kummings also uses a third-person omniscient perspective when writing the poem, while Millay wrote in first person, writing a letter to April, which personifies Spring.
Which statements summarize Justice Brown's message? Check all that apply. Separation does not necessarily create inequality. Separation implies inferiority. Laws that permit separation can be constitutional. The law cannot permit separation to occur. Separation always creates inferiority.
Answer:
1- Separation does not necessarily create inequality.
2- Laws that permit separation can be constitutional.
Explanation:
1- Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law, according to which racial segregation did not necessarily violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed "equal protection" under the law to all people. Under the doctrine, as long as the facilities provided to each race were equal, state and local governments could require that services, facilities, public accommodations, housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation be segregated by "race", which was already the case throughout the states of the former Confederacy. During the era of segregation, the myth was that the races were separated but were provided equal facilities. No one believed it. Almost without exception, black students were given inferior buildings and instructional materials.
2- Supreme Court's 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, in which the Court had ruled that racial segregation was not in itself a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause if the facilities in question were otherwise equal.
Answer:
A. C.
Explanation:
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Which type of appeal does this statement use? Would you want your child exposed to this new law? ethical authoritative logical emotional
Answer:
Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option D.
Emotional
Explanation: The given sentence is ," Would you want your child exposed to this new law"? On the sentence there is a use of emotional appeal to the audience. Because, it is asked to the parents that if they want to expose their children under the new law. So, parents are pushed by the emotion to take decision as the children are most near and dear ones of parents.
There is a emotional bond between the parents and children. So,before taking any decision emotion grows up in the mind of the parent. Therefore, the person who stated the question to the parents used emotion to appeal the audience.
Answer:
emotional
Explanation:
Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp." I pulled the strings out of my stalk. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip. My brother followed suit. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip. To my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. Suddenly I realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. Looking up, I saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason, their daughter Meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the Badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. What story element does the author develop in this excerpt?
A) lot details about the party
B) characterization of the Lins
C) characterization of the Gleasons
D) setting details about the Gleasons’ house
Answer:
Hesitantly B. But if you have more questions on this story, perhaps one of them will make this one clearer.
Explanation:
There are a lot of details given about the nature of the party. Are the Lins the people everyone is looking at? We have to assume so.
The answer is between B and A,
Do you think the activity is rather odd? Then you have to pick B. If you thing it odd that everyone is looking at them, then the answer is A. You can't pick C because we are not told anything about them except they are stairing at the Family. And you don't exactly know where this is taking place (unless another question tells you.)
Answer:
A: plot details about the party
Explanation:
Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
I participated in a few marches and demonstrations, and did the obligatory public incineration of the draft card.
Based on context clues, which is the best synonym for the word obligatory as it is used in this excerpt from Goines's "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"?
a. enforced
b. necessary
c. optional
d. voluntary
Answer:
a. Enforced
Explanation:
because its right and i know : )
Answer: The right answer is B) Necessary.
Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that although the word obligatory primarily means enforced or compulsory, I believe that in this excerpt it has been used with a hint of humor, as if suggesting that it was expected of the narrator to burn the draft card, and he did so, since everybody was doing it (in opposition to the Vietnam War). However, his main concern and occupation was his job at a printing press.
What did Elie's father want him to be when he grew up in Night by Eliezer Wiesel?
How do writers of epics typically start their poems? A. By honoring Zeus, the king of gods B. By invoking their muse C. By praising the epic hero D. By addressing all the Greek gods
Answer:
B. By invoking their muse
Explanation:
Epic singing originated from the need to show and celebrate an event or personality. These were usually war conflicts and feats of war.
Writers of epics typically star their poems by invoking their muse. In the Iliad, in the beginning, the writer invokes his muse "Sing, Goddess, Achilles rage". This is an epic invocation.Epic invocation serves as an introduction to upcoming events. The writer invokes one of the nine muses of Greco-Roman mythology. The poets ask from them usually inspiration, knowledge or some kind of skill.
read this excerpt from Tim O’Brien‘s “Ambush”
“I had already pulled the pin on a grenade. I had come to a crouch”
which literary device is most clearly shown in this excerpt?
Answer:
The literary device that is most clearly shown in this excerpt is Parallelism
Explanation:
Parallelism is a literary device that uses repeated grammatical structure in following sentences or paragraphs, these repetitions could be grammatical, phonetic, about meaning or meter. This device is commonly used in writing since it provides rhythm and it gives a smooth flow to the reading, besides it can also set the mood.
Select the correct answer Which type of figurative language does John Keats use in this excerpt from "Ode to Autumn"? And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook Or by a cider-press, with patient look Thou watches the last oozings, hours by hours. A. Repetition B. Allusion C. Personification D. Alliteration
Answer:
C:) Personification
Explanation:
Answer: C) personification.
Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). In the given excerpt from "Ode to Autumn" by John Keats, we can see an example of the use of personification in the phrase "Or by a cider-press, with patient look" because it is giving the cider-press (a non human object) the ability of having a patient look (human characteristic).
Who was responsible for governing the colonies during the American Revolution?
Answer: The Continental Congress
Explanation:
The Continental Congress was the body of government which the American colonial governments composed their protection from British rule.
Answer:
The Continental Congress
Explanation:
Which is an example of dramatic irony in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet? Romeo thought Juliet was dead when he poisoned himself, but the audience knew she was alive. Balthasar agreed to deliver Romeo's letter, and the audience knew the contents of the letter. Juliet knew Romeo was dead when she awakened, and the audience knew that she was correct. Friar Laurence thought his plan would help Romeo and Juliet, but the audience knew he had evil intentions.
Answer:
Why is Act IV, Scene V an example of dramatic irony?
The scene demonstrates that funerals and weddings are very similar.
Lady Capulet said she wanted Juliet dead. Now she really is dead.
Only the friar and we know that Juliet is not really dead.
The scene anticipates the actual funeral that will take place later in the play.
Explanation:
roses are red, while violets are blue, but neither are purple.
which word best describes the first two line endings of this poem?
A. blank
B. Enjambed
C. End-stopped
D. Lambic
Answer:
B. Enjambed
Explanation:
The lines don’t end in punctuation, they continue onto the next.
The word that best describes the line endings of the first two lines of the poem is 'enjambed'.
Explanation:The best word to describe the line endings of the first two lines of this poem is enjambed. Enjambment occurs when a line of poetry extends into the next line without punctuation or pause. In the given poem, the lines 'roses are red' and 'while violets are blue' both carry on to the next line without any punctuation, creating a sense of continuity.
Click on the boxes next to the adjectives and articles (if any). The lovely children are siblings. answers you can pick The, lovely, children,are ,siblings,
Answer:
article - the
adjective -lovely
Explanation:
article the is definite
adjective lovely explaining the children
The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. He had been in the war in Libya and wore two wound-stripes. He said that if the thing went well he would see that I was decorated. I said I hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. I asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. I went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. The drivers were pleased with it and I left them there.
In the excerpt, what does the diction, or words used to express an idea, show about the narrator?
It makes the narrator seem disorganized.
It makes the narrator seem disciplined.
It makes the narrator seem confused.
It makes the narrator seem lively.
Answer:
It makes the narrator seem confused
Explanation:
Answer:
In the excerpt, what the diction, or words used to express an idea, show about the narrator is that It makes the narrator seem disciplined.
Explanation:
The diction or words used to express an idea in this excerpt from "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway shows that the narrator is discipline because everything is perfectly structured and organized not only in the selection of them but also in the grammatical form they have, it seems to be a disciplined, and organized person.
What is wrong with the following sentence:
For my project, Analyze a Formal Essay, I chose to read an article Polluted waterways help fuel drug resistance in bacteria.
Answer:
For my project, analyze a formal essay, I chose to read an article, polluted waterways help fuel drug resistance in bacteria.
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Explanation:
For my project, "Analyze a Formal Essay", I chose to read an article, "Polluted waterways help fuel drug resistance in bacteria".
*you use parentheses because it is the name of a source of information*
The last two lines in a Shakespearean sonnet are always _____.
without rhyme
a rhymed couplet
a metaphor
humorous
Answer:
a rhymed couplet
Explanation:
The last two lines in a Shakespearean sonnet are always a rhymed couplet.
Hope this helps!
Answer:
A RHYMED COUPLET
Explanation:
Read the passage.
During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit . . . In this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher,"
What mood do these lines evoke in the reader?
A.one of serenity
B. one of hostility
C. one of terror
D. one of bleakness
The mood evoked by the passage from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is one of bleakness due to the use of gloomy and dismal descriptions.
In the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," the mood evoked in the reader is one of bleakness. The descriptions of the "dull, dark, and soundless day," the "low" clouds, and the "melancholy House of Usher" combined with the narrator's feelings of an "insufferable gloom" and "utter depression of soul" contribute to a mood that is oppressively dismal and devoid of hope or cheerfulness. The passage does not evoke serenity, hostility, or terror, but rather a deep and penetrating sadness and gloom.
HOW SHOULD I END THIS?
For my project, "Analyze a Formal Essay", I chose to read an article, "Polluted waterways help fuel drug resistance in bacteria" by Carolyn Wilke. There are three reasons why this article is considered a formal essay. First, it focuses on one topic presented in the thesis statement and does not stray from the topic at any point. Second, the article strictly uses third-person pronouns, it does not at any point use first or second person pronouns. Third of all, the author does not present any emotion or personal opinion. The essay presents facts and ideas with critical evaluation, arguing a point and analyzing it in detail. It is clear at the beginning of the article that the authors goal is to explain and inform. The article starts of with its thesis statement stating “In a massive survey of rivers across 72 countries, researchers found antibiotics at 66 percent of 711 sites sampled. Many of the most drug-polluted waterways were in Asia and Africa, where there hadn’t been much data until now.” It then continues to explain further the effects this has on the public and what this could mean in the future.
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In "Interview with Simon Ortiz," Ortiz speaks about Native American people before and after the European colonization of North America:
Native American people, before the European colonization of this country, were multilingual. They spoke not only their mother tongue but that of sister nations and cultures next to them. In the same sense Native American people speaking French, English, and Spanish after European colonization simply were another addition of other languages. Of course, that colonialism was in process makes a difference, obviously. Essentially, writing today is, in a sense, an acquisition of a language, extending the multilanguage ability-facility of Native American people.
How does Ortiz's word choice in this passage affect the text?
A) It explicitly proves his assertion that Native American people always employed both writing and the oral tradition.
B) It formally conveys his view that Native Americans were always particularly adept at learning new languages.
C) It casually suggests his opinion that the European colonization of North America amounted to an illegal occupation.
D) It subtly indicates his belief that the ability of Native Americans to learn new languages was hindered by European colonization.
I chose this (D)
YES because they were basically forced to learn a whole new language to be understand'd.
Which phrase from "The Pedestrian" helps convey Bradbury's message that a
TV-obsessed world is a place where people are disconnected from one
another and reality?
O
A. The headlights of the police car made Leonard Mead feel like a
museum specimen, needle thrust through chest."
O
B. Leonard Mead noticed that the cold air "cut the nose and made the
lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside."
O
C. Leonard Mead "listened to the faint push of his soft shoes through
autumn leaves with satisfaction."
O
D. People who watched TV felt "the gray or multicolored lights
touching their faces, but never really touching them."
Answer:
People who watched TV felt the gray or multicolored lights
The phrase (D) from “The Pedestrian” by Bradbury conveys that people are disconnected from the world.
What does the quotation mean? The quotation tries to convey the general human condition with the popularity of the TV. People have become so attached to their TVs that they almost appear dead. ‘The gray lights’ suggest the light from the TV that reflects upon the viewers’ faces. People thereby experience things in life through their screens but forget to enjoy life as it really is. Thus people become oblivious to the things around them.What is the text about? “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury is about police forces and how these forces subjugate people into uniformity. The comment is a social commentary on how everyone is expected to conform to certain rules and ideas.Learn more about “The Pedestrian” here-
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Read the following passage from Anne Sexton's poem, "Young" and answer the question.
A thousand doors ago
when I was a lonely kid
in a big house with four
garages and it was summer
as long as I could remember,
I lay on the lawn at night,
clover wrinkling over me,
the wise stars bedding over me,
What can we infer about the speaker from this passage? Select all that apply.
that the speaker is an older person looking back
that the speaker is a younger person looking towards the future
that the speaker didn't have had many friends as a child
that the speaker came from a wealthy family
We can infer from the passage that that the speaker is an older person looking back.
Answer: A) that the speaker is an older person looking back, and D) that the speaker came from a wealthy family.
Explanation: in the given passage, we can see the description of a person's childhood told from his/her point of view. From the given options, the ones that represents what we can infer about the speaker from the passage, are the corresponding to option A, because the fact that he says that he was a kid "a thousand doors ago" shows that he is an old person, and option D, because he says that his house had four garages.
Which example from "Everyday Use" best shows the reader that Maggie is shy and not very confident?
Answer:
She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle.
Answer: A: She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle.
Explanation: From Apex
Then she heard his step on the stair away down on the first flight, and she turned white for just a moment. The phrase "she turned white for just a moment" is mainly used to show that Della has very fair skin. is afraid of Jim's reaction. is beginning to get an illness. had become extremely angry.
Answer:
The answer is afraid of Jim's reaction.
The phrase "she turned white for just a moment" is mainly used to show that Della is afraid of Jim's reaction.
What aspect of life does the author best suggest in paragraph 7 of Things Fall Apart.
how a happy family life is achieved
how a family divides its chores
how a family maintains its traditions
how a large family shares its resources
A happy familly's life is acheived when they have enough money to buy a house, money for food, and has working people in it. a familly normally divides its chores like this, underwears seperated, white clothes separated, and colored clothes separated. they keep their traditions by telling stories from generation to generation and by looking at their ancsestors albums. their share their resourses by sharing their knowledge and their belongings that they don't need anymore.
Answer:
How a happy family life is achieved
Explanation:
Identify the complete subject in the following sentence. The hungry bear searched for food at the campsite.
A. bear
B. searched for food at the campsite
C. The hungry bear
D. searched
Answer:
C. The hungry bear
Explanation:
The complete subject is the part of the sentence to which the verb refers, ie, who or what the sentence is talking about. In other words, the complete subject is the one who completed the action of the verb. The complete subject usually appears before the predicate, which is the direct order of the sentence. The questions who? what? made before the verb, facilitate the identification of the subject. In the sentence "The hungry bear searched for food at the campsite." the verb is the word "searched", so we can ask the question "who searched?" to find the complete subject. When we ask this question we will know that, according to the phrase, the one who searched food at camp was the hungry bear, so "the hungry bear" is the complete subject of that phrase.
Which of the following sentences has a forceful tone?
Think it over!
I hope you will think it over.
Would you be so kind as to think over what I said?
I was wondering if you have had time to think it over.
Answer:
Think it over!
Explanation:
The other three aren't forceful, but kind.
In "Broken Chain," Alfonso is motivated to do fifty sit-ups a day because he wants Sandra to go on a date with him. To be better than Ernie in some way. The guys to think he is tough. To be able to balance Sandra on his bike.
In "Broken Chain," Alfonso is motivated to do fifty sit-ups a day because he wants guys to think he is tough, Option C is correct.
In 'Broken Chain', Alfonso has been the guy who is self-conscious. He gets in contact with Sandra while helping her brother to untangle his pants. Alfonso like Sandra as she is cute, and it was easy to talk to her.
Being self-conscious he wants guys to think of him, being a tough personality. Thus, to prove himself better and capable, Alfonso push his limits and started doing 50 sit-ups a day.
Thus, Alfonso is motivated to do 50 sit-ups a day, as he wants the guys to think he is tough. Thus option C is correct.
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Which are examples of dramatic irony from Romeo and Juliet? Check all that apply. A-Juliet's mother thinks that Juliet is preparing for her wedding to Paris, but Juliet actually plans to drink the sleeping potion that night. B-Juliet thinks about what will happen to her if the sleeping potion does not work. C-Juliet's father arranges for her to marry Paris, but Juliet has already secretly married Romeo. D-Tybalt starts a fight with Romeo, but he and Romeo are actually kin now that Romeo and Juliet have secretly married. E-Peter, the Capulets' servant, engages in wordplay while arguing with the musicians.
Answer:A, C, D
Explanation:
Myths often function as a connection to the
Answer:
Myths often function as a connection to culture, or the customs and beliefs of a group of people. Myths in a way are what makes a certain nation's culture - everything we know today originated from myths, beliefs, and legends. Myths were told in order to for people to explain what was happening around them - things they could not understand. ~~~Hope this helps~~