Read the two excerpts.

"Remembering to Never Forget: Dominican Republic's 'Parsley Massacre’” by Mark Memmott:

Seventy-five years ago, thousands of Haitians were murdered in the Dominican Republic by a brutal dictator. It was one of the 20th Century's least-remembered acts of genocide.

As many as 20,000 people are thought to have been killed on orders given by Rafael Trujillo. But the "parsley massacre” went mostly unnoticed outside Hispaniola. Even there, many Dominicans never knew about what happened in early October 1937. They were kept in the dark by Trujillo's henchmen.

"A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez:

At this point I would always ask her why she and my father had returned to live in the country if they knew the dictatorship was so bad. And that's when my mother would tell me how, under pressure from his friends up north, Trujillo pretended to be liberalizing his regime. How he invited all exiles back to form political parties. How he announced that he would not be running in the next elections. My father had returned only to discover that the liberalization was a hoax staged so that the regime could keep the goodwill and dollars of the United States.

My father and mother were once again trapped in a police state.

How do the passages work together to develop a central idea?

The passages show how Alvarez’s family was affected by the parsley massacres when they returned.
The passages show how Alvarez and her family were tricked into returning to the Dominican Republic.
The passages show how people often did not know or understand the extent of Trujillo’s deceit.
The passages show how the events of Trujillo’s dictatorship are still not fully understood today.

Answer:

The passages show how Alvarez and her family were tricked into returning to the Dominican Republic.

Prompt 1: Huck Finn
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain presents one boy's conflict with society's rules about race and slavery. The law and his religious
upbringing tell him that Jim is someone else's property and require him to turn Jim in as a runaway slave. However, Huck eventually chooses to
help his friend escape, even though he knows he's breaking the law and condemning his own soul to hell.
In a well-developed essay, discuss the following:
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• Is it ever appropriate for individuals to break the law? Under what circumstances, or for what reasons?
Does Huck make the right decision? Why or why not?
Have you ever intentionally broken a law or rule? What were your reasons? If not, would any circumstances lead you to intentionally break a
law or rule?

it would usually be considered socially acceptable to use slang:

with friends or family members.
None of the choices are correct.
O at a retail job that deals with customer service.
in a formal, academic, public speech.
with people of authority like teachers and police officers.

What was the most boring part of the movie monster house and why do you think it was the boring part?

Read the following literary analysis prompt and thesis statement.
Literary analysis prompt: Identify a literary work that is set in the future and
write an essay that analyzes how the setting affects the theme of the work.
Thesis statement: Through the story of Margot and how her new home on Venus
affects her in "All Summer in a Day," Ray Bradbury explores the idea that
experience sometimes isn't valued by society.
Does the thesis statement effectively address the prompt?
Yes, the thesis identifies the theme and explains how the setting affects
it.
Yes, the thesis provides information about how the author's life affects the
setting of the story.
No, the thesis identifies the theme, but the prompt deals only with
setting.
No, the prompt addresses the theme, but the thesis focuses only on
setting.

Read the following sentence:

As the former treasurer and current mayor of this town, I wholeheartedly support the plan to build the new library.

What rhetorical appeal does this sentence use?

A. Bathos
B. Logos
C. Pathos
D. Ethos

How do Miss Brill’s interactions at the park contribute to a theme in “Miss Brill”?

They emphasize the importance of stepping out of one’s comfort zone to achieve personal growth.

They develop the theme that one can feel very alone even when surrounded by others.

They develop the theme that people often pretend to be someone else when in public.

They suggest that people prefer remaining independent over feeling accepted by a community.

Correct the 3 grammatical errors in this text. The Channel Tunnel is an 31-mile railway tunnel that connects Folkestone in Kent with Coquelles in France. It runs beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover and are the only permanent transport link between Great Britain and the European mainland. At its lowest point, it is 75 metres beneath the sea bed, and at 23.5 miles, the underwater section are the longest in the world.

Which situation from “Initiation” is an example of internal conflict?

Millicent struggles with her motivation for joining the sorority.
Millicent struggles with her tasks during her sorority initiation week.
Millicent struggles with the big sister the sorority assigns her.
Millicent struggles with peer pressure from the sorority.
.

Is the society surviving or thriving? Explain your reasoning. in the story cooking time

Chapter 3 of Lies My Teacher Told Me
- What is/are the problem(s)?
- What is the history attached to the problem(s)?
- How is/are the problem(s) currently manifesting?
- What actions are necessary to solve or restore some social justice to the problem(s)?

The following sentence is punctuated correctly.

Mr. Brown offered a reward to the boy or girl bringing in the most aluminum cans; therefore, Frank and I have been picking up cans in the park all morning.

True
False

The statement below is
A. fact.
B. opinion.
C. both fact and opinion.
"In general, the hands, the face, and especially the eyes are the most
expressive."

Read the excerpt from “Design” by Robert Frost. Which line contains an example of a simile?
A. I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,
On a white heal-all, holding up a moth
Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth—
B. Assorted characters of death and blight
C. Mixed ready to begin the morning right,
Like the ingredients of a witches’ broth—
A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth,
D. And dead wings carried like a paper kite.

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.

Seeing the fortunes being made in sugar, the French started their own scramble to turn the half of the island of Hispaniola that they controlled (which is now Haiti), as well as Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana (along the South American coast near Dutch Guiana), into their own sugar colonies, which were filled with hundreds of thousands more African slaves. By 1753, British ships were taking an average of 34,250 slaves from Africa every year, and by 1768, that number had reached 53,100.

The sugar that piled up on the docks near the plantations was something new in the world: pure sweetness, pure pleasure, so cheap that common people could afford it. Scientists have shown that people all over the world must learn to like salty tastes, sour tastes, mixed tastes. But from the moment we are born, we crave sweetness. Cane sugar was the first product in human history that perfectly satisfied that desire. And the bitter lives of the enslaved Africans produced so much sugar that pure sweetness began to spread around the world.

What is the central claim of this passage?

People rejected sugar because it caused harm to the people who harvested it.
The joys of sugar were the result of the suffering of enslaved African people.
Humans crave sugar over any other taste from the time they are born.
People in the 1700s wanted sugar, no matter how rare and expensive it was.

As you have read the storles, what about the ones written in third person makes them more difficult to read?
O It is more difficult to understand the plot points.
O The reader has to keep very careful track of the characters.
O It is harder to understand the language.
O The reader has to look closely at the beliefs of the characters.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn​

Drag each tile to the correct box.
Match each sentence from the passage with the statement that explains how it develops the author's thesis.
introduces the author's thesis
provides evidence in support
of the author's thesis
restates the author's thesis
"However, these programs provide valuable resource
for students."
"Other studies show that playing an instrument
improves critical-thinking and socializing skills."

Emma has written this topic sentence in her literary analysis.

Jack London’s story "To Build a Fire" illustrates the inexperience typical of prospectors during the Yukon Gold Rush.

Which detail from the text best supports Emma’s topic sentence?

A. The man collects loose branches to build a fire.
B. The man hunts for gold along the Yukon River.
C. The man travels the cold wilderness without a partner.
D The man chews tobacco, which leaves frozen liquid on his chin.

Complete the table by noting

what you've learned about Romeo’s motivations so far in the play.
what behaviors, actions, or thoughts revealed these motivations.
what predictions you can make about how Romeo's motivations might begin to create conflict in the play.

How does the word choice affect the poem?

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Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
Choose the correct form of the missing words based on the context of the sentence.
There are as many reasons to like a character as there are characters. A combination of elements work together to make a
character
.Writers also use different writing techniques to
their characters. All these elements
known as
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Read the excerpt from "Openin' Night" by Shel
Silverstein.
Then she forgot
A line she knew
And went "Meow"
Instead of "Moo"
She heard 'em giggle
She heard 'em boo
The programs sailed
The popcorn flew
As she stomped offstage
With a boo-hoo-hoo
Which statement best describes how a graphical
element adds to the meaning of the poem?
O The short line lengths emphasize the frustration
the actress.
O The capital letters demonstrate the chaos in the
theater.
O The unusual placement of words highlights the
crowd's unhappiness.
O The lack of punctuation shows that things are ab
to calm down.
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They tried to make a story out of every theme that occurred to them and to get returns on every situation that suggested itself. They got returns, of a kind. But their work, when one looks back on it, now that the novelty upon which they counted so much is gone, is journalistic and thin.


What is the connotative meaning of the phrase “get returns on every situation” as it is used in the excerpt?

A. It means "to become a novelty."

B. It suggests getting the piece published.

C. It suggests something that is long lasting.

D. It implies an expectation of success or money.

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How does the author’s diction contribute to the tone of the excerpt?

Informal diction creates a passionate tone.
Colloquial diction creates a regretful tone.
Poetic diction creates a perturbed tone.
Scholarly diction creates a serious tone.

What is correct? Remember to look at the sticker on the box that "says you"or "tells you" which week we will collect it

please help me asap. i really need help just tell me the fallacies and ideas to write not the 300 word paragraph
We must abolish Daylight Saving Time. The practice of adjusting our clocks back in the fall and forward in the spring must not continue. First, studies show that eighty-eight per cent of all office workers have said that Daylight Saving Time makes them thirty-five per cent less productive. A policy so profoundly unpopular cannot possibly work for the good of society. Further, only wealthy capitalists promote Daylight Saving Time for their own self-serving needs. According to Karl Marx, the inventor of Marxism, the greed that these people demonstrate operates throughout society; thus, Daylight Saving Time can only help to support that greed. Finally, the fatigue that accompanies Daylight Saving Time causes such carelessness that it can only result in a plague of traffic accidents leading to severe injuries and perhaps even death. We must ask ourselves if death is worth the dubious benefits of this outdated course of action. In conclusion, the arguments I have presented demonstrate conclusively that the disastrous practice of Daylight Saving Time must end now.

Now that you've read the paragraph, look at it again. Consider how the writer argues his position. Especially, look for fallacies; you can use the video lecture or the list in the textbook to help you spot them.
Write a body paragraph of no less than three hundred (300) and no more than four hundred (400) words to respond to the sample paragraph. In your paragraph, let your reader know what you see in the sample; explain to your reader whether you find the argument convincing by showing the reader how logic works in it.
As always, take a look at the rubric you should see on this page as you work on your paragraph; make sure that your work contains all the elements that the rubric is looking for so that you can achieve maximum success in your paragraph.

Read the excerpt from "The Thing about Terry.”

I’ve got it! I grin
I’ve got just the surprise
I rush to tell them,
Feeling happy and wise

Which characteristic of narrative poetry is reflected in these lines?

character development
figurative language
use of symbols
description of setting

Inge’s wall (excerpt) what is the purpose of this excerpt

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.

Benvolio: Tut! you saw her fair, none else being by,
Herself pois’d with herself in either eye;
But in that crystal scales let there be weigh’d
Your lady’s love against some other maid




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That I will show you shining at this feast,
And she shall scant show well that now shows best.
Romeo: I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,
But to rejoice in splendour of mine own.

Romeo decides to attend the Capulets’ party because he wants to

Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentence states the author's thesis? excerpt from Presidential Retreat adapted from the National Parks Service President Franklin D. Roosevelt was accustomed to seeking relief from hot Washington, D.C. summers and relaxing on weekends aboard the presidential yacht Potomac or at Hyde Park, NY. In 1942, the U.S. Secret Service were very concerned about the President's continued use of the Potomac. World War II had brought an attack on Pearl Harbor and had drawn German U-boats close in Atlantic waters. Presidential safety and Presidential health were concerns. The muggy climate of Washington, D.C. was considered detrimental to his health, affecting his sinuses. A new retreat, a place to relax, within a 100 mile radius of Washington, D.C. and in the cool mountain air was sought. Several sites were considered, but Camp HI- Catoctin in the Catoctin Recreational Demonstration Area was selected after the President's first visit on April 22, 1942. A camp was already built on the site and the estimated conversion cost was $18,650. It was also almost 10 degrees cooler than in Washington, D.C. The camp for federal employees' families became the camp of one federal employee, the President of the United States. Roosevelt quickly renamed the camp "Shangri-La" from James Hilton's 1933 novel, Lost Horizon.​