Which detail best supports the writer’s idea that “statesmanship is not an abstract skill, but a contextual one”?
The strategy he preferred would have contained the spread of slavery, then gradually eliminated itit [Lincoln’s strategy] failed in the end, since the South concluded that it could not trust President Lincoln, who received not a single electoral vote from the South, to protect its “peculiar institution.in the maelstrom of war, Lincoln overcame his disinclinations2 to see that the Union could only be preserved if it sought to achieve something greater than its own survival.Lincoln was above all a war president.And he might well have found out, as Winston Churchill or George H. W. Bush later did, that voters prefer very different kinds of leaders in times of peace and war.
The detail that best supports the writer's idea that "statesmanship is not an abstract skill, but a contextual one" is: "In the maelstrom of war, Lincoln overcame his disinclinations to see that the Union could only be preserved if it sought to achieve something greater than its own survival." This detail highlights the context in which Lincoln had to make decisions and shows that his skills as a statesman were influenced by the circumstances of the Civil War.
Before the Industrial Revolution, everything was made by hand. An extraordinary amount of care and attention went into the construction of just about everything. As the twentieth century progressed, however, the ability to skillfully craft something by hand became less common. The rise of automated machines and mass production began to replace the thought and detail of their human counterparts.
Though the market for skilled craftspeople has declined, it has not completely gone away. In fact, the popularity of handicrafts and homemade items is seeing a revival. The crafts are often a form of hobby or art practiced by people who have full-time jobs in other industries. The Internet has allowed for a whole new type of craftsperson to emerge. People today are making handcrafts and selling them online to customers all over the world.
Many types of handicrafts are available online today. Though they may look different in design and usage from the handicrafts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many of the techniques are still the same.
Embroidery
Embroidery is a craft that involves decorating fabric with a needle and thread (or yarn). Embroidery sometimes uses other items, like beads, feathers, or sequins. Most of the classic embroidery stitches, such as the chain stitch, the blanket stitch, and the cross stitch, are still used today. Traditional embroidery was often done on clothing, sheets, towels, and pillows. A quick search of the Internet today will uncover artisans selling embroidered shirts featuring company logos, Christmas stockings with popular cartoon characters, wall hangings with inspirational sayings, coin purses with retro designs, and even monogrammed dog sweaters.
Origami
Origami is the art of paper folding that is often associated with Japan. Origami consists of transforming a flat sheet of paper into a finished form through the use of folds and creases. Traditional origami does allow cutting the paper or starting with non-square pieces of paper, a practice discouraged in modern origami. Paper cranes, fish, frogs, and other natural elements are common forms in traditional origami. Today, modular origami is popular among paper crafters. Modular origami consists of putting together multiple pieces of origami to create a final product. Fruit bowls, lamp shades, vases, string light covers, earrings, door wreathes, and peacock-shaped table centerpieces are just a small amount of the origami creations that one can find available for purchase.
Jewelry Making
The design and creation of jewelry is probably one of the longest lasting and consistently popular handicrafts. The ancient profession of goldsmithing and metalworking has morphed into the jewelry production business. Jewelry is a type of wearable art that traditionally involved metals and gemstones. Jewelry design has evolved to reflect popular art styles. Earrings, necklaces, bracelets, decorative belts, and rings continue to be popular types of jewelry. However, in modern online stores, buyers can find jewelry featuring objects unlikely to be found on historical pieces, such as necklaces with jeweled mustaches, earrings that look like headphones, and bracelet charms painted to look like the jar of a popular brand of peanut butter.
The popularity of the Internet and online shopping will only continue to drive more aspiring artisans to create and sell their goods. Although automated machines and technology have eradicated many traditional practices, they have also helped to revitalize the role of craftspeople in modern society.
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Select all the correct answers.
What are two reasons why the author decided to include information about different types of handicrafts?
to show how handicrafts are still thriving
to show a brief history of the development of handicrafts
to show how technology has replaced traditional handicraft techniques
to show a wide range of popular handicrafts
to show how the demand for handicrafts is fading
The correct answers are:
- to show how handicrafts are still thriving
- to show a wide range of popular handicrafts
"I've been told that it goes up into their horns at times like this," said a dairymaid.
What inference can be made based on the highlighted sentence in the passage?
A.
The new cowhand doesn’t know how to use a three-legged stool to milk a cow.
B.
When cows get nervous, they can't be milked as easily.
C.
A new milker has to be careful because a cow might get spooked and use its horns.
D.
Because Tess is present, the workers must sing to the cows.
The inference that can be made based on the highlighted sentence in the passage is: B. When cows get nervous, they can't be milked as easily.
(26) One of the most recent locations of choice for wind farm “planting” is in the ocean. (27) In 2007, the state of Delaware debated whether to put a wind farm off its resort coastline or develop a new fossil-fuel power plant. (28) At the time, residents and resort owners worried about the impact a wind farm development would have on tourism. (29) The developers designed the farm so it would be six miles offshore. (30) Nevertheless, people were worried that the appearance of the tall towers offshore would make tourists less likely to visit. (31) It turns out that, according to the AWEA, tourism can sometimes increase with the development of a wind farm. (32) People like to see the majesty of the tall turbines standing proudly in the distance.
Which research question most likely contributed to the author’s development of the sixth paragraph (sentences 26-32)?
A.
Who designs wind farms and why?
B.
How do ocean wind farms affect tourism in their areas?
C.
Why did the state of Delaware debate whether to build a wind farm off its resort coastline or develop a new fossil-fuel power plant?
D.
Where are the various locations one can plant wind farms?
The research question that most likely contributed to the author's development of the sixth paragraph is: B. How do ocean wind farms affect tourism in their areas? This question directly relates to the concerns raised by residents and resort owners in Delaware about the impact of a wind farm on tourism, and the subsequent discussion of the AWEA's findings on the positive effect wind farms can have on tourism.
A writer is using the following text to write an essay about greed:
adapted excerpt from To Be Famous We Must Be Ambitious
by Rosetta Dunigan
Ambition is an excessive quality and, as such, is apt to lead us to the most extraordinary results. If our ambition leads us to excel or seek to excel in that which is good, the currents we follow will be of great good. But if our ambition is stimulated by pride, envy, or vanity, we will confine our support principally to the counter currents of life. In this way, we will leave behind us misery and destruction.
The happiness promised by ambition dissolves in sorrow just as we are about to grasp it. It makes the same mistake concerning wealth. She begins by accumulating power as a means of happiness, but she finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an end.
Which sentence in the writer’s essay should the writer revise to include an in-text citation?
Greed is one of the most important issues in our society, and it has been for many decades. Unfortunately, there are many people who prioritize money over other, more important things, such as their relationships or values. The happiness promised by wealth often dissolves in sorrow just as we are about to grasp it. Those who believe money will make their lives better often eventually realize that the opposite is true.
The sentence in the writer's essay that should be revised to include an in-text citation is: "The happiness promised by wealth often dissolves in sorrow just as we are about to grasp it."
To include an in-text citation, the writer should provide the source of this information or idea by using a citation format such as (Dunigan).
A writer is using the following text to write an essay about greed:
adapted excerpt from To Be Famous We Must Be Ambitious
by Rosetta Dunigan
Ambition is an excessive quality and, as such, is apt to lead us to the most extraordinary results. If our ambition leads us to excel or seek to excel in that which is good, the currents we follow will be of great good. But if our ambition is stimulated by pride, envy, or vanity, we will confine our support principally to the counter currents of life. In this way, we will leave behind us misery and destruction.
The happiness promised by ambition dissolves in sorrow just as we are about to grasp it. It makes the same mistake concerning wealth. She begins by accumulating power as a means of happiness, but she finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an end.
Which sentence in the writer’s essay should the writer revise to include an in-text citation?
Greed is one of the most important issues in our society, and it has been for many decades. Unfortunately, there are many people who prioritize money over other, more important things, such as their relationships or values. The happiness promised by wealth often dissolves in sorrow just as we are about to grasp it. Those who believe money will make their lives better often eventually realize that the opposite is true.
The sentence in the writer's essay that should be revised to include an in-text citation is: "The happiness promised by wealth often dissolves in sorrow just as we are about to grasp it."
To include an in-text citation, the writer should provide the source of this information or idea by using a citation format such as (Dunigan, year) or (Dunigan, page number), depending on the specific requirement of the citation style being used.
Which scenario is an example of plagiarism?
A.
Ursula is writing a paper about New Zealand’s political structure. She paraphrases a speech from New Zealand’s prime minister, followed by the prime minister’s name in parentheses.
B.
Irene is writing a presentation on dolphins. When researching her section on dolphin biology, she notes the details of two scientific articles and puts these in her reference page.
C.
Joseph is writing an essay about the Olympics. He takes a portion of a press release from the women’s Olympic figure skating team and includes it in his introduction in quotation marks.
D.
Michael is writing a summary of a movie review. He puts quotation marks around the reviewer’s text in his summary and includes the reviewer’s name in parentheses.
The scenario that is an example of plagiarism is D. Michael is writing a summary of a movie review. He puts quotation marks around the reviewer's text in his summary and includes the reviewer's name in parentheses. This scenario does not properly attribute the original source and instead presents someone else's words as if they were his own.
ead the excerpt from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Which sentence in the text best shows that Brutus is conflicted?
BRUTUS: What means this shouting? I do fear, the people
Choose Caesar for their king.
CASSIUS: Ay, do you fear it?
Then must I think you would not have it so.
BRUTUS: I would not, Cassius. Yet I love him well.
But wherefore do you hold me here so long?
What is it that you would impart to me?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other,
And I will look on both indifferently,
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honor more than I fear death.
CASSIUS: I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,
As well as I do know your outward favor.
Well, honor is the subject of my story.
I cannot tell what you and other men
Think of this life, but, for my single self,
I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.
I was born free as Caesar.
The sentence in the text that best shows that Brutus is conflicted is: "But wherefore do you hold me here so long?" This sentence indicates that Brutus is questioning why he is being kept in a situation or conversation that is causing him internal conflict.
Which detail in the text best reflects the central idea of the passage?
Dictatorships
by Hal Marcovitz
(excerpt from “The Rise of Julius Caesar”)
Sulla was a brutal and relentless dictator. But one enemy who escaped his wrath was Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar was born in 100 BCE to a wealthy family. As a nephew of Sulla’s opponent Marius, Caesar found himself on Sulla’s list of enemies. No doubt he too would have been killed, but his family intervened, and Sulla reluctantly spared his life. Next, Sulla ordered Caesar to divorce his wife. Caesar refused and fled the city. He joined a Roman army campaigning in Turkey and did not return until after Sulla’s death in 78 BCE.
After returning to Rome, Caesar involved himself in the political intrigues of the republic and began his rise to power. His chief adversary was Sulla’s son-in-law, the powerful general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known familiarly as Pompey. Instead of directly challenging Pompey, Caesar decided to bide his time. He struck an alliance with Pompey, who convinced the Senate to place Caesar in command of a Roman army. Under Caesar, the Romans conquered areas of modern France and Britain, as well as other parts of Europe. It was a campaign that would make Caesar an enormously heroic figure among the Roman people.
As Caesar made his way back to Rome, the Senate ordered him to disband his army. Caesar refused. Instead, on January 10 in 49 BCE, Caesar led his army in an attack on Rome. As his army crossed the Rubicon River to reenter Italy, Caesar is said to have remarked, “Let the dice fly high!”
Caesar’s ploy was not much of a gamble. His army easily swept aside his enemies, including his one-time ally, Pompey. Caesar marched into the city and declared himself dictator. After another four years of warfare in which he pursued his enemies across Europe and Africa, Caesar returned to Rome. He found the once-defiant senate now willing to bow down to his authoritarian power. The Roman senators elected Caesar dictator for life, fearing for their careers and their lives if they did not. Observing how the Roman republic, which had endured for some five centuries, had now crumbled beneath the feet of a dictator, the ancient Roman historian Appian lamented, “The people hoped that [Caesar] would also give them back democracy, just as Sulla had done, who had achieved a position of equal power. However, they were disappointed in this.”
The detail in the text that best reflects the central idea of the passage is: "Observing how the Roman republic, which had endured for some five centuries, had now crumbled beneath the feet of a dictator." This detail highlights the central idea that Julius Caesar's rise to power marked the downfall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of a dictatorship.
Which sentence best expresses Antony’s message that the people of Rome should grieve for Caesar?
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
(excerpt from Act 3, Scene II)
ANTONY:
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me.
But Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honorable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honorable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
And, sure, he is an honorable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause.
What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me.
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me. (weeps)
The sentence that best expresses Antony's message that the people of Rome should grieve for Caesar is: "You all did love him once, not without cause. What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?" This sentence appeals to the people's previous love for Caesar and questions why they are not mourning his death.
Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye's Pride and Prejudice, A Play is a drama inspired by Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Which two details in the excerpt of Austen’s novel are included in the excerpt of Mackaye’s play?
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen (excerpt)
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
"Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.
"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it."
This was invitation enough.
"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."
"What is his name?"
"Bingley."
"Is he married or single?"
"Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!"
"How so? How can it affect them?"
"My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."
The drawing-room at Longbourn. At the back, wide glass doors open upon a terrace which overlooks an English landscape. It is winter, and coals are burning in the fireplace. On each side of the glass doors are rounded recesses with windows. On one side of the room a door opens into the library. On the other side is a door to the hall—the chief entrance of the house. The room is handsomely furnished in eighteenth century style. MR. and MRS. BENNET are discovered sitting on either side of the table. MRS. BENNET is knitting—MR. BENNET reading.
MRS. BENNET: [After a slight pause and laying down her knitting.] My dear Mr. Bennet, did not you hear me? Did you know that Netherfield Park is let at last?
MR. BENNET: [Continues reading and does not answer.]
MRS. BENNET: [Impatiently.] Do not you want to know who has taken it?
MR. BENNET: [Ceases reading and looks up at her with an amused smile.] You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.
MRS. BENNET: [With animation.] Why, my dear, you must know Lady Lucas says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the North of England. His name is Bingley, and he is single, my dear. Think of that, Mr. Bennet! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand pounds a year. What a fine thing for our girls!
MR. BENNET: How so? How can it affect them?
MRS. BENNET: My dear Mr. Bennet, how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.
Passage 2
from Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?"
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it."
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
"Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.
"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it."
This was invitation enough.
"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it, that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week."
"What is his name?"
"Bingley."
"Is he married or single?"
"Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!"
"How so? How can it affect them?"
"My dear Mr. Bennet," replied his wife, "how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them."
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Select all the correct answers.
Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye's Pride and Prejudice, A Play is a drama inspired by Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Which two statements express how Mackaye’s play transforms the original source?
The play portrays Mr. Bennet as less talkative than the novel does.
The play does not include a narrator while the novel does.
The play portrays Mrs. Bennet as sharing different gossip than in the novel.
The play has a dark, dreary mood compared to the novel’s bright, uplifting mood.
The play includes more details about the setting than the novel
Which sentence supports the theme that after the initial excitement of new love wears off, dissatisfaction can grow?
adapted from Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
She thought, sometimes, that, after all, this was the happiest time of her life—the honeymoon, as people called it. To taste the full sweetness of it, it would have been necessary doubtless to fly to those lands with thundering names where the days after marriage are full of laziness most pleasant. . . . It seemed to her that certain places on earth must bring happiness, as a plant peculiar to the soil, and that cannot thrive elsewhere. Why could not she lean over balconies in Swiss chalets, or enshrine her melancholy in a Scotch cottage, with a husband dressed in a black velvet coat with long tails, and thin shoes, a pointed hat and frills? Perhaps she would have liked to confide all these things to someone. But how tell an undefinable uneasiness, variable as the clouds, unstable as the winds? Words failed her—the opportunity, the courage.
If Charles had but wished it, if he had guessed it, if his look had but once met her thought, it seemed to her that a sudden generosity would have gone out from her heart, as the fruit falls from a tree when shaken by a hand. But as the familiarity of their life became deeper, the greater became the gulf that separated her from him.
Charles's conversation was commonplace as a street pavement, and everyone's ideas trooped through it in their everyday garb, without exciting emotion, laughter, or thought. He had never had the curiosity, he said, while he lived at Rouen, to go to the theater to see the actors from Paris. He could neither swim, nor fence, nor shoot, and one day he could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a novel.
Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire.
Which literary technique is used in the excerpt?
A.
foreshadowing
B.
symbolism
C.
flashback
D.
flash forward