Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.She said, “Ron is a great person,” which was an answer to a question I didn’t ask. So I asked again. “True or false: you are in love with Ron.” She put her hand with the ring on it in her hair and said, “Oskar, Ron is my friend.” Which statement best describes the ambiguity in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest.I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. My posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. This is a cold room in University Administration, wood-walled, Remington-hung, double-windowed against the November heat, insulated from Administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which Uncle Charles, Mr. deLint and I were lately received.What is the setting in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from part 1 of Zeitoun.The leaks began at about two or three. The first was in the corner of Nademah’s bedroom. Zeitoun went down to the garage and retrieved a forty-gallon garbage can to catch the water. Another leak opened a few minutes later, this one in the upstairs hallway. Zeitoun found another garbage can. A window in the master bedroom broke just after three o’clock, as if a brick had been thrown through the glass. Zeitoun gathered the shards and stuffed the opening with a pillow. Another leak opened in Safiya and Aisha’s room. He found another, bigger garbage can.What conclusion can readers draw about this character vs.nature conflict?
Read the sentence from an argumentative essay about chemical waste. The chemical waste produced by factories is out of hand, and factory owners should get in trouble.Which revision offers the most improvement in word choice?
Study the chart of word prefixes.PrefixDefinitionpost-afterpre-beforepara-besideper-throughoutre-againen-within
Read the excerpt from part 4 of Zeitoun.They were tense, each of them with their fingers on their triggers. In the foyer, one officer was frisking Ronnie. Another officer had Nasser against the wall by the stairway.“Give me your ID,” one man said to Zeitoun.Zeitoun complied. The man took the ID and gave it back to Zeitoun without looking at it.“Get in the boat,” he said.“You didn’t look at it,” Zeitoun protested.“Move!” another man barked.What conclusion can readers draw about this character vs. society conflict?
Which sentence best demonstrates the language required of an argumentative speech?
Read a paragraph from a presentation.Most of you probably are fans of typical American sports, such as baseball and basketball. However, I urge you to consider watching and participating in sports that are popular in other nations. Most of us are familiar with soccer. However, few of us realize that it is the most popular sport in the world. You’ve all experienced Super Bowl Sunday madness, but that is nothing compared to the international frenzy that sweeps across our planet every four years when soccer’s World Cup occurs. Watching the games of the World Cup can be a fun way to connect with other sports fans around the globe.What is the purpose of this presentation?
Study the chart of Greek and Latin word parts.Word PartDefinitionpolymanythegodismpractice or belief
Read the example sentence. The Grandview Warriors football team did not make it to the playoffs, but they felt a sense of schadenfreude when their main rivals, the Burlington Bulldogs, were soundly beaten 31–10 in the first playoff game.
Study the chart of word parts.Word PartDefinitionjectthrow, castspectsee, observejunctjoin, connectmittsend, put forth
Read the excerpt from part 4 of Zeitoun.Zeitoun had long feared this day would come. Each of the few times he had been pulled over for a traffic violation, he knew the possibility existed that he would be harassed, misunderstood, suspected of shadowy dealings that might bloom in the imagination of any given police officer. What is happening in the excerpt?
Which excerpt from Infinite Jest best illustrates an objective narrative voice?
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