Read the passage.(1) Wearing school uniforms has a positive impact on students’ attitudes toward their education. (2) Both recent studies and interviews with school administrators demonstrate that uniforms have a direct impact on school pride. (3) Some researchers have found that uniforms do not improve attendance or academic achievement. (4) Regardless, having a uniform could boost students’ confidence and reduce their stress, two factors that will inevitably make their learning more productive. (5) Eliminating a focus on appearance will help students focus on what truly matters.
Read the excerpt from Pygmalion and Galatea by Josephine Preston Peabody.He drew near in wonder and delight, and felt, instead of the chill air that was wont to wake him out of his spell, a gentle warmth around her, like the breath of a plant. He touched her hand, and it yielded like the hand of one living! Doubting his senses, yet fearing to reassure himself, Pygmalion kissed the statue.In an instant the maiden’s face bloomed like a waking rose, her hair shone golden as returning sunlight; she lifted her ivory eyelids and smiled at him. The statue herself had awakened, and she stepped down from the pedestal, into the arms of her creator, alive!There was a dream that came true.Read the excerpt from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.LIZA [defiantly non-resistant]. . . . Aha! Now I know how to deal with you. What a fool I was not to think of it before! You can’t take away the knowledge you gave me. You said I had a finer ear than you. And I can be civil and kind to people, which is more than you can. Aha! That’s done you, Henry Higgins, it has. Now I don’t care that [snapping her fingers] for your bullying and your big talk. I’ll advertize it in the papers that your duchess is only a flower girl that you taught, and that she’ll teach anybody to be a duchess just the same in six months for a thousand guineas. Oh, when I think of myself crawling under your feet and being trampled on and called names, when all the time I had only to lift up my finger to be as good as you, I could just kick myself.HIGGINS [wondering at her]. . . . By George, Eliza, I said I’d make a woman of you; and I have. I like you like this.LIZA. Yes: you turn round and make up to me now that I’m not afraid of you, and can do without you.
Read the excerpt from Pygmalion and Galatea by Josephine Preston Peabody.Day after day the ivory maiden looked down at him silently, and he looked back at her until he felt that he loved her more than anything else in the world. He thought of her no longer as a statue, but as the dear companion of his life; and the whim grew upon him like an enchantment. He named her Galatea, and arrayed her like a princess; he hung jewels about her neck, and made all his home beautiful and fit for such a presence.Read the excerpt from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.MRS. HIGGINS. Be quiet, Henry. Colonel Pickering: don’t you realize that when Eliza walked into Wimpole Street, something walked in with her?PICKERING. Her father did. But Henry soon got rid of him.MRS. HIGGINS. It would have been more to the point if her mother had. But as her mother didn’t something else did.PICKERING. But what?MRS. HIGGINS [unconsciously dating herself by the word] A problem.PICKERING. Oh, I see. The problem of how to pass her off as a lady.HIGGINS. I’ll solve that problem. I’ve half solved it already.MRS. HIGGINS. No, you two infinitely stupid male creatures: the problem of what is to be done with her afterwards.HIGGINS. I don’t see anything in that. She can go her own way, with all the advantages I have given her.
Read the definitions.bio = life anthrop = human micro- = small meteoro = high in the air -logy = study of
Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.MAMA (to WALTER): Son—(She goes to him, bends down to him, talks to his bent head.) Son . . . Is it gone? Son, I gave you sixty-five hundred dollars. Is it gone? All of it? Beneatha's money too?WALTER (lifting his head slowly): Mama . . . I never . . . went to the bank at all . . .MAMA (not wanting to believe him): You mean . . . your sister's school money . . . you used that too . . . Walter? . . .WALTER: Yessss! All of it . . . It's all gone . . .There is total silence. RUTH stands with her face covered with her hands; BENEATHA leans forlornly against a wall, fingering a piece of red ribbon from the mother's gift. MAMA stops and looks at her son without recognition and then, quite without thinking about it, starts to beat him senselessly in the face.BENEATHA goes to them and stops it.BENEATHA: Mama!MAMA stops and looks at both of her children and rises slowly and wanders vaguely, aimlessly away from them.MAMA: I seen . . . him . . . night after night . . . come in . . . and look at that rug . . . and then look at me . . . the red showing in his eyes . . . the veins moving in his head . . . I seen him grow thin and old before he was forty . . . working and working and working like somebody's old horse . . . killing himself . . . and you—you give it all away in a day— (She raises her arms to strike him again.) BENEATHA: Mama—MAMA: Oh, God . . . (She looks up to Him.) Look down here—and show me the strength.
What is an adaptation?
How are prefixes and suffixes alike? Select two options.Both are a type of affix.Both are the root of a word. Both can change a word’s meaning.Both can be added to the end of a word. Both can be added to the beginning of a word.
Read the definition.censorcen·sor[Latin censor, the Roman magistrate tasked with registering Roman citizens]noun1. a person who supervises conduct and moralsverb1. to examine something in order to suppress it2. to delete anything considered objectionablesensorsen·sor[Latin sentire, "to perceive”]noun1. a device that responds to a physical stimulus and transmits an impulse in response
Read the definitions. shear = v., to cut sheer = adj., thin soar = v., to fly at a great height sore = adj., feeling pain
Read the sentence.Luz has written several poems about her travels to Mexico.Which verb tense is underlined?
Read the excerpt from "Prometheus Unbound” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.[Prometheus.]If then my words had power,Though I am changed so that aught* evil wishIs dead within; although no memory beOf what is hate, let them not lose it now!What was that curse? for ye all heard me speak.***any**Jupiter has chained Prometheus to the face of a steep cliff to be tortured for all eternity as punishment for giving humans fire. Prometheus curses all-powerful Jupiter; however, Prometheus becomes so compassionate during his torture that he forgets the curse, and he wants to remember it. (Note: Jupiter and Zeus are the same god; the only difference is the name. Jupiter is the supreme god in Roman mythology, and Zeus is the supreme god in Greek mythology.)Read the excerpt from Prometheus by Josephine Preston Peabody.With every new gift, men desired more and more. They set out to see unknown lands, and their ambitions grew with their knowledge. They were like a race of poor gods gifted with dreams of great glory and the power to fashion marvellous things; and, though they had no endless youth to spend, the gods were troubled.Last of all, Prometheus went up secretly to heaven after the treasure of the immortals. He lighted a reed at the flame of the sun, and brought down the holy fire which is dearest to the gods. For with the aid of fire all things are possible, all arts are perfected.
Read the sentence.Keisha will run in the spring 5K race, so she had started a training program next Monday.Which correction of the underlined verb phrase fixes the inappropriate shift in tense in this sentence?
Read the sentence.Will you pick up the dog's toys in the yard, please?What is the mood of this sentence?
Which sentences should be removed or revised to eliminate logical fallacies and improve clarity? Select three options.
Read the passage from an argumentative essay.Healthcare costs are becoming an issue for many Americans. In just two years, the average family has seen an increase of 3 percent in insurance costs. The increase rises to 25 percent when you include families who buy insurance on an exchange. At this rate, health care will soon be completely unaffordable for most Americans. Therefore, lowering the cost of health insurance must be a priority for lawmakers.
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