Writing a Research-Based Argumentative Essay about a Debatable Topic — Unit test
Question 6 • CISD TX- Eng II B CR Nov 2026
Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.”My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red, than her lips red:If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound:I grant I never saw a goddess go,—My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,As any she belied with false compare.
Answer
A
The speaker gives his mistress roses and perfume.
B
The speaker’s mistress is like a rose—beautiful and fragrant.
C
His mistress’s cheeks are not pink, and her breath is not sweet.
D
Roses do not look and smell as sweet as the speaker’s mistress.
Explanation
The speaker says he has seen roses with red and white coloring, but he sees no such roses in his mistress’s cheeks. He also says some perfumes are more delightful than her breath. Together, these comparisons mean her cheeks are not pink like roses and her breath is not sweet like perfume. Choice C states both ideas accurately.
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