Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.

My mother blushed and admitted her baby's real name to the group. Her mother­ in-law had recently died, she apologized, and her husband had insisted that the first daughter be named after his mother, Mauran. My mother thought it the ugliest name she had ever heard, and she talked my father into what she believed was an improvement, a combination of Mauran and her own mother’s name, Felicia.

“Her name is Mao-ree-shee-ah,” my mother said to the group of women.

“Why, that’s a beautiful name,” the new mothers cried. “Moor-ee-sha, Moor-ee-sha,” they cooed into the pink blanket. Moor-ee-sha it was when we returned to the States eleven years later. Sometimes, American tongues found even that mispronunciation tough to say and called her Maria or Marsha or Maudy from her nickname Maury. I pitied her. What an awful name to have to transport across borders!

Which main idea is conveyed in this passage?

A name can keep an individual from fitting into a new culture.
A name has no influence on an individual’s identity.
A name can connect an individual with her family and culture.
A name determines an individual’s entire existence.

The main idea that is conveyed in his passage is a name can connect an individual with her family and culture. The correct option is D.

Names/Nombres is a stroy written by Julia Alvarez. The story is about a girl from the Dominican Republic, her name was very different from other American, which keeps her identity different from others.

Thus, the correct option is D.

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Which change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
herlise and her father, doctor ruebans, are meeting with the school board next week to discuss the need for a wheelchair ramp
to be installed in the abernathy academy auditorium
a. change academy to academy
b. no change is necessary
c. change doctor to doctor
d. change school board to school board

Is this a RUN-ON sentence? The hotel is closed it will not open again. OA. Yes B. No​

What is the primary conflict occurring in
this excerpt?
internal: Lindo VS. Meimei
external: Meimei vs. Meimei
internal: Meimei vs. Meimei
external: Lindo VS. Meimei

My father took two aspirin to alleviate his throbbing headache, and a short while later, it was gone.

What does alleviate mean?


lessen


continue


repeat


increase

Read the excerpt from "Speech to National Council of Negro Women” by Condoleezza Rice. She is discussing a challenge her grandfather faced in going to college.

He made it through his first year having paid for it with his cotton, but the second year he didn’t have any more cotton, and they came and they asked him for tuition. And he said, "Well you see the problem is, I don’t have any money.” And they said, "Well, you’ll have to leave.” So he thought rather quickly and he said, "Well how are those boys going to college?” And they said, "Well, you see, they have what’s called a scholarship and if you wanted to be a Presbyterian minister then you could have a scholarship too.” And Granddaddy Rice said, "You know, that’s exactly what I had in mind.” . . . And my family has been Presbyterian and it has been college-educated ever since.

Which rhetorical appeal does Rice use in this excerpt?

ethos
imagery
logos
pathos

Which of the following would
make a good thesis statement on
the topic of global warming?
A. Which energy alternative is best for curtailing
global warming?
B. We need to do something about global
warming.
C. Using hydrogen as an energy resource could
help solve some of the global warming problems.
D. Some people believe that global warming is a
hoax.

The Myth:

But it chanced that Pygmalion fell to work upon an ivory statue of a maiden, so lovely that it must have moved to envy every breathing creature that came to look upon it. With a happy heart the sculptor wrought day by day, giving it all the beauty of his dreams, until, when the work was completed, he felt powerless to leave it. He was bound to it by the tie of his highest aspiration, his most perfect ideal, his most patient work.

–"Pygmalion and Galatea,”
Josephine Preston Peabody

The Play:

THE NOTE TAKER [whipping out his book] Heavens! what a sound! [He writes; then holds out the book and reads, reproducing her vowels exactly] Ah—ah—ah—ow—ow—ow—oo!

THE FLOWER GIRL [tickled by the performance, and laughing in spite of herself] Garn!

THE NOTE TAKER. You see this creature with her kerbstone English: the English that will keep her in the gutter to the end of her days. Well, sir, in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party.

–Pygmalion,
George Bernard Shaw

Read the excerpts. How does the play address the myth’s theme, "Love inspires artists to work”?

The play supports the myth’s theme because the note taker does his work with love.
The play challenges the myth’s theme because the note taker does not do his work with love.
The play challenges the myth’s theme because the note taker is incapable of love.
The play maintains the myth’s theme because the note taker does not love his creations.

Is it ok to wear a black hoodie with a round brown bamboo sling bag??

11 Write an email
You are going to write an email to a British online friend, and tell him/her
about your pastimes. Use Stone 22.
Tip Before you do this exercise, have a look at Een voorbeeld van een
persoonlijke e-mail in the Yellow Pages on page 141 of your Textbook.
In your email:
- write what your favourite pastimes are (name at least three)
- give extra information about your pastimes (how often you do it,
equipment, etc.)
- ask your friend three questions about his/her pastimes

If we don’t find a way to stop reckless levels of pollution, we are all going to be in for huge trouble.


Which persuasive technique or element does the sentence use?
A.
loaded language
B.
slogan
C.
repetitive language
D.
fact

There is no evidence that this nation is threatened by "division among linguistic lines." English is far and away our nation's dominant, common language. There is no threat that English will be subsumed as a minor language. S356 has the potential of creating unwarranted division in this country. S356 is touted as a way to bolster the national unity but I am troubled by the divisiveness it will create.

What point does the author introduce in this paragraph?

A.
Language already divides people, and having an official language will not change that.
B.
Making English the official language of the United States will make people feel divided.
C.
More unnecessary laws concerning language will create a legal and administrative burden.
D.
The United States will become less divided if there are more national languages.

How can focusing on commas help improve your proficiency in writing?

What _____(he,draw) last Sunday?

(pls help) Explain the differences in cultural allusion, literary allusion, historical allusion, and religious allusion.

Which detail in the text best connects the ideas that the Forest Service supports forest landowners and serves a wider good?

Which of the following best states what a listener can learn from the tone of a
speech?

A. The structure of the speech

B. The attitude of the speaker

C. The evidence the speaker uses to support a claim

D. The place where the speaker gives the speech

Read the following passage from Homer's The Odyssey. Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth, our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man. So long as the gods grant him power, spring in his knees, he thinks he will never suffer affliction down the years. But then, when the happy gods bring on the long hard times, bear them he must, against his will, and steel his heart. Which message from the passage is outside the cultural context of the author? O A. After a person has suffered once, he will never need to suffer again. OB. The gods grant powers to human beings. OC. Gods control the fates of human beings. D. Strength can pull a person through a hard time.​

Which of the following shows strong characterization?
A. Will was known for his intensity. Once Will had a goal in mind there was nothing that would stop him. It didn’t matter if he had to hurt people, break laws or even hurt himself, he was going to do whatever he was set out to do.
B. TJ was a. He was an awful person. He was not good at all. He was evil and known to be mean.
C. Frank is tall, nineteen years old, and likes pizza.
D. Kevin sat terrified in his jail cell. The cold wind blowing though his open, barred window made him shiver. Water dripped from the celling adding moisture to the air, and rusting the bars of his cell. Kevin has no idea why he was there, or when he would get out.

Read the excerpt from President Lincoln’s 1865 inaugural address, in which he speaks about the Civil War.

Which statement best summarizes the central idea in this excerpt?

“Joseph was running late for work. He had an important meeting with another company to discuss a possible merger. He did not want to keep them waiting. However, when he saw the small child crying on the side of the rode, he had to pull over and help.” What best describes the characterization of Joseph?
A. None of these
B. Caring
C. Reckless
D. Lazy

"By God," the Green Knight said, "I am glad
That I shall have from your hand what I asked for here,
And that you have repeated fully, in your own words,
The whole of the covenant I asked of the King:
Only now you must swear to me, upon your word,
That you will expect, for yourself, wherever you manage
To find me on earth, to be repaid in kind
For what you accord me today before this high company."
-Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,
W. S. Merwin
Which evidence shows that the Green Knight thinks
honesty is important? Check all that apply.
"By God, the Green Knight said"
O "I am glad / That I shall have from your hand what I
asked for here"
"And that you have repeated fully, in your own
words, / The whole of the covenant I asked of the
King"
"Only now you must swear to me, upon your word"
O"wherever you manage / To find me on earth"

Which details from the text best supports the analysis that the narrator is in awe of the city at night select three answers

Refer to Where Is Niagara Falls? for a complete version of this text.

Chapter 3 provides information about the history of bridges at Niagara Falls and the “What Is a Suspension Bridge” section describes what suspension bridges are and how they work.

Which details from the text best support the inference that suspension bridges are designed for areas like Niagara Falls.

Select the two correct answers.


Towers are built on either side of a waterway and cables are stretched across the water to connect the towers.

Some very famous bridges, such as the Brooklyn Bridge, are suspension bridges that use cables.

Charles Ellet Jr. came up with the idea to stretch a cable from the US side of the falls to Canada.

The weight of a suspension bridge roadway is supported over water by a system of cables.

Which description best defines the word omission?

What is the purpose of the opening paragraph in an essay?
A.
It presents the topic of the essay.
B.
It provides details that support the author's main idea.
C.
It summarizes the author's closing statements.
D.
It restates the author's main idea.

Why is this image an example of an appeal to pathos? U.S. Enters World War I I WANT YOU O 32 USA O A. Because it refers to the government's authority to help establish credibility B. Because it supplies new information to appeal to a sense of logic C. Because it uses feelings of patriotism to appeal to our emotions D. Because it uses facts and data to offer a logical explanation ​

Which is the closest synonym for the word "pursue?"

Read the epitaphs of Mr. and Mrs. Purkapile from the Spoon River Anthology and answer the question that follows.

Mrs. Purkapile
HE ran away and was gone for a year.
When he came home he told me the silly story
Of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan
And kept in chains so he could not write me.
I pretended to believe it, though I knew very well
What he was doing, and that he met
The milliner, Mrs. Williams, now and then
When she went to the city to buy goods, as she said.
But a promise is a promise
And marriage is marriage,
And out of respect for my own character
I refused to be drawn into a divorce
By the scheme of a husband who had merely grown tired
Of his marital vow and duty.

Mr. Purkapile
SHE loved me.
Oh! how she loved me I never had a chance to escape
From the day she first saw me.
But then after we were married I thought
She might prove her mortality and let me out,
Or she might divorce me. But few die, none resign.
Then I ran away and was gone a year on a lark.
But she never complained. She said all would be well
That I would return. And I did return.
I told her that while taking a row in a boat
I had been captured near Van Buren Street
By pirates on Lake Michigan,
And kept in chains, so I could not write her.
She cried and kissed me, and said it was cruel,
Outrageous, inhuman! I then concluded our marriage
Was a divine dispensation
And could not be dissolved,
Except by death.
I was right.

Which best describes Mrs. Purkapile's attitude toward her husband? (10 points)
Spiteful—even though she knew he wanted a divorce, she refused to grant him one
Loving—she cared for him, so much she forgave him for leaving
Concerned—because he made up a story about being abducted by pirates, she worried about his sanity
Devoted—even though he did not love her anymore, she was committed to saving their marriage