English 3b cumulative - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What inference can be made about Clover's motivation to tell Boxer to stop working so hard? - Answer d. Clover thinks that if Boxer continues working so hard he will wear himself out and be harmed. Which quotation from a Shakespearean sonnet is a couplet? - Answer a. "And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, / As any she belied with false compare." Which statement best compares how the two authors address this topic? - Answer d. Memmott presents facts about the dictatorship ...

Read the excerpt from President Lincoln's 1865 inaugural address, in which he speaks about the Civil War. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, whi...

80% Read the excerpt from "First Generation" of Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia.She considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the major league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains.Which best explains h...

80% Read the excerpt from "First Generation" of Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia.She considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the major league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains.Which best explains h...

Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of Julius Caesar. MESSENGER. Prepare you, generals.The enemy comes on in gallant show.Their bloody sign of battle is hung out,And something to be done immediately. ANTONY. Octavius, lead your battle softly on,Upon the left hand of the even field. OCTAVIUS. Upon the right hand, I; keep thou the left. How does the use of the word gallant add to the meaning of the sentence? It suggests the enemy is planning a stealthy surprise attack on the enemy. It show...

Which statements about Alexander Pope's An Essay on Man are accurate? Check all that apply. It is written in iambic pentameter. It is written in heroic couplets. It contains ten syllables per line. It contains twelve syllables per line. It uses parallelism to show optimism. It uses parallelism to create rhythm. - Answer A, B, C, F Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. "Dear brethren, God forgive you your trespass, And keep you from the sin of avarice; My holy pardon he...

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1. FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no imagesBe hung with Caesar's trophies. I'll about,And drive away the vulgar from the streets:So do you too where you perceive them thick.70These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wingWill make him fly an ordinary pitch,Who else would soar above the view of menAnd keep us all in servile fearfulness. [Exeunt] What does the symbol of growing feathers represent in this excerpt? joy loyalty arrogance de...

An effective moderator of a group discussion - Answer helps the group remember the rules of discussion. Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of loyalty in Greek society? - Answer "O Father, all my life like your fameas a fighting man has echoed in my ears" Read the sentence. Hearing the key in the lock, the delighted dog dashed to the front door. How is the underlined prepositional phrase used in the sentence? - Answer as an adverbial phrase Read the ex...

Read the following writing prompt.Examine a Department of Education advertising campaign that promotes literacy. Analyze the campaign to discover the target audience and the advertising techniques used. Then evaluate the effectiveness of these advertising techniques. Write a formal essay in which you explain how the advertising campaign effectively promotes literacy to a range of audiences.Now, review the prompt for hints about the audience. Who will read your writing? a general audience fello...

Read the passage. The headmistress of the boarding school was a buttoned-up, austere woman with a tightly wound, slate-gray bun at the top of her head and clunky black shoes on her feet. She made sure that our uniforms were complete at inspection every morning, and if one of us dared to wear a warmer pair of socks than the thin, oatmeal-colored ones we were issued, there would be trouble. What does the use of the word austere imply? - Answer that the headmistress is not a kind person R...