Which best describes the speaker of "London's Summer Morning"?
Read the excerpt from "London's Summer Morning." Now pastry dainties catch the eye minute Of humming insects, while the limy snare Waits to enthrall them. What does this excerpt from the poem describe?
Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."He seems very queer sometimes, and even Jennie has an inexplicable look.It strikes me occasionally, just as a scientific hypothesis,—that perhaps it is the paper!I have watched John when he did not know I was looking, and come into the room suddenly on the most innocent excuses, and I’ve caught him several times LOOKING AT THE PAPER! And Jennie too. I caught Jennie with her hand on it once.Why does the narrator believe that John and Jennie are looking at the wallpaper?
In the first and second paragraphs of "War Message to Congress," how does Wilson establish pathos, an appeal based on emotions?
Read the poem “Storm,” by H.D.You crash over the trees,you crack the live branch? —the branch is white,the green crushed,each leaf is rent like split wood.You burden the treeswith black drops,you swirl and crash? —you have broken off a weighted leafin the wind,it is hurled out,whirls up and sinks,a green stone.Which best describes the author’s intent in this poem?
Kayla is taking notes as her classmate speaks about the school’s dress code. Which is the best way for Kayla to take clear and effective notes without missing what the speaker is saying?
Based on the language of "This Is Just to Say," the poem could serve as a
Which practice did Robert Frost have in common with his modernist peers?
Which best describes the rhythm of "This Is Just to Say"?
Read the excerpt from "Poetry."In the meantime, if you demand on the one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness and that which is on the other hand genuine, you are interested in poetry. What is the theme of this excerpt?
Read the sentence. She cannot give you a [________] date of delivery. Which choice correctly fills in the blank?
Which is a feature of imagist poetry that is reflected in "Oread"?
Which of the narrator’s statements in "The Yellow Wallpaper" suggests that she does not think women are too frail to be intellectual?
Read the excerpt from "A Day for Wandering" by Clinton Scollard. I set apart a day for wandering; I heard the woodlands ring, The hidden white-throat sing, And the harmonic West, Beyond a far hill-crest,Touch its Aeolian string. “Aeolian string” refers to a harp-like instrument that plays when it is placed in the wind. Based on this definition, which statement best describes the speaker’s view of the wind?
Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candle light, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! The outside pattern I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be.What does the narrator’s description of the wallpaper reveal about the context of the story?
Read the excerpt from "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'"Then, using the remnants of intelligence that remained, and helped by a wise friend, I cast the noted specialist’s advice to the winds and went to work again—work, the normal life of every human being; work, in which is joy and growth and service, without which one is a pauper and a parasite—ultimately recovering some measure of power.Which social attitude of Gilman’s era does this excerpt demonstrate?
Read the poem “Roses,” by George Eliot. You love the roses—so do I. I wishThe sky would rain down roses, as they rainFrom off the shaken bush. Why will it not?Then all the valley would be pink and whiteAnd soft to tread on. They would fall as lightAs feathers, smelling sweet; and it would beLike sleeping and like waking, all at once! What is the main style difference between “Roses” and "Night"?
Read the lines from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall, Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life.In this poem, the image of the toothbrush represents
Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night."So the hand of a child, automatic, Slipped out and pocketed a toy that was running along the quay. I could see nothing behind that child’s eye. I have seen eyes in the street Trying to peer through lighted shutters What theme is reflected in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell."To my astonishment, Mrs. Blinder went white, and gave my hand a kind of squeeze. "Don't do that, my dear," said she, trembling-like. "To tell you the truth, that was Emma Saxon's room, and my mistress has kept it closed ever since her death." In this scene, the words “went white” and “trembling-like” create a sense of
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