In which of the following besides the irony in the short story "The Gift of the Magie" and "The necklace?"
A.The protagonists value objects more than people.
B.The ptotagonists want to escape their low social status.
C.The protagonists struggle for something that proves to be useless.
D.The protagonists learn to value hard work and loyalty instead of wealth.
I think the answer is either C or D. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
was it c
I agree with C.
Yes it was c
Yes, it's either C or D, but only one of these shows irony.
I'm thinking C but I'm not sure
In which of the following resides the irony in the short stories "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace?"
A.The protagonists value objects more than people.
B.The ptotagonists want to escape their low social status.
C.The protagonists struggle for something that proves to be useless.
D.The protagonists learn to value hard work and loyalty instead of wealth.
I think the answer is either C or D. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Yes, the question is confusing as you repeat it here. In any case, it's either C or D. Which is it?
yes it was thanks
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
One of the boys forgot _____ backpack outside in the rain.
A. his
B. its
C. their
D. they
A. his
Identify the correctly punctuated sentence in each group.
A. The man said Turn right at the corner.
B. The man said “Turn right at the corner.”
C. The man said, “Turn right at the corner.”
D. The man said, “Turn right at the corner”.
C. The man said, “Turn right at the corner.”
Identify the word that has an error in capitalization.
Esther studied drama at Yale University.
A. drama
B. Yale
C. University
D. no error
D. no error
The following letter to the editor is written in response to a school district’s “no pass, no play” policy, which states that students must pass all their classes in order to participate in any extracurricular activity.
Dear Editor,
The “no pass, no play” rule needs to be changed. It encourages students to drop out of school, is unfair to certain types of learners, and is too focused on only one aspect of life.
Some students remain in school only because they want to participate in some activity. There are many activities from which students can choose. They may do well in all of their classes but one. That one class, however, forces them out of the only thing keeping them in school. Whatever gain the rule brings is completely lost if we lose the student entirely.
People learn differently. Unfortunately, the classroom is usually the only environment in which students are given a chance to learn. Failing a class in that environment doesn’t necessarily mean the student is bad. It may mean merely that the student is different. Not all students perform the same in a classroom environment. Punishing such a student is the wrong answer.
Some students have great skills in areas other than academics. They need a place to develop those skills. Extracurricular activities provide such a place. When we prevent students from developing their skills, we’re moving in the wrong direction.
The “no pass, no play” rule may have good intentions, but it also has many undesirable consequences. Therefore, I oppose the current policy.
Sincerely,
Monica Washington
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which sentence best supports the argument in this letter?
A. Allowing students to participate in things they are good at will enhance their self-esteem.
B. Focusing students on their grades will help them many years later.
C. The school district has changed over the past few years.
D. The school has added several extracurricular activities in the past year.
A. Allowing students to participate in things they are good at will enhance their self-esteem.
A _____ provides the author's last name and page number for paraphrased or quoted information within the body of a report or essay.
A. footnote
B. bibliography
C. Works Cited page
D. parenthetical citation
D. Parenthetical citation
Read the following lines from “The Raven”:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’is some visitor,” I muttered, “Tapping at my chamber door—
Only this, and nothing more.”
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
What mood do the underlined words help create?
A. anger
B. anxiousness
C. despair
D. restlessness
D. Restlessness
Which phrase from Marge Piercy’s “To Be of Use” best illustrates the poem’s celebratory tone toward hard work?
I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.
A. “who go into the fields”
B. “parlor generals and field deserters”
C. “move in a common rhythm”
D. “food must come in”