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Item 1
Read this excerpt from "The Day the Gulls Went Crazy" by Susan E. Quinlan.

Like most gulls, western gulls nest in colonies. This means that many pairs place their nests close together in a particular place. In contrast, most bird species place their nests in scattered, hidden locations. Colonial nesting is an unusual habit among birds because predators can easily locate nests placed close together and quickly eat many eggs and young. In general, colonial birds nest in places out of reach of predatory mammals, such as cliff ledges, river sand bars, and isolated ocean islands.

What is the author's purpose in this paragraph?

Answer:

The author's purpose in this paragraph is to demonstrate the differences in the nesting habits of gulls, western gulls in particular, and other species of birds. Quinlan also conveys the challenges in the aforementioned nesting habits and leads readers to wonder what the impact of such unusual practices may be on western gulls.

Explanation:

Without context, it's difficult to give a more specific answer, but this seems ot be a reasonable assumption of purpose.

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d. types of reasoning.

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Read the excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light about him shot upward with the noise of a loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his ears, and all was cold and dark. The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream. There was no additional strangulation; the noose about his neck was already suffocating him and kept the water from his lungs. To die of hanging at the bottom of a river!—the idea seemed to him ludicrous. He opened his eyes in the darkness and saw above him a gleam of light, but how distant, how inaccessible! He was still sinking, for the light became fainter and fainter until it was a mere glimmer. Then it began to grow and brighten, and he knew that he was rising toward the surface—knew it with reluctance, for he was now very comfortable. “To be hanged and drowned,” he thought? “that is not so bad; but I do not wish to be shot. No; I will not be shot; that is not fair.” What does the motif of light represent in the excerpt and in the rest of the story? death and dying different versions of reality punishment for one’s mistakes life during wartime

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Read this excerpt from Chapter 1 of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and answer the question.

When I was three and Bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists which instructed – ‘To Whom It May Concern’ – that we were Marguerite and Bailey Johnson Jr. … Negro passengers, who always traveled with loaded lunch boxes, felt sorry for ‘the poor little motherless darlings’ and plied us with cold fried chicken and potato salad.

Deducing from the diction, which of the following are possible audiences for the memoir? Select all that apply.

train conductors and passengers
Caucasian adults interested in American history
children of three and four years of age like ones in the memoir
African-American adults from the South who can relate to Angelou’s story


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Read the excerpt below. What conclusion can you draw about the narrator?

Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief – oh, no! – it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe.

I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart.

Question options:

A:He is a lonely person who longs for human connection.


B:He is a cruel person who enjoys torturing others.


C:The character cherishes the night.


D:He can relate to the old man's terror. He's afraid of his own madness.

What literary device was used here:

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Question 1 (3 points)
Read the following excerpt from Chief Joseph's speech "I will fight no more forever":

Tell General Howard that I know his heart. What he told me before I have in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead, Tu-hul-hil-sote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who now say yes or no. He who led the young men [Joseph's brother Alikut] is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death.

Which of the following options is not true of the author's tone conveyed in the words quoted above?

*Tone: the author's attitude toward the topic or subject.

Question 1 options:

The tone of the speech is one of subdued resignation and is tinged with bitterness.


This tone is angry and vengeful in promising retribution for wrongs.


This tone is not angry.


This tone is appropriate for a speech given is defeated man who wants to avoid further vengeance or punishment.

Question 2 (3 points)
Read the following excerpt again from Chief Joseph's speech "I will fight no more forever":

Tell General Howard that I know his heart. What he told me before I have in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead, Tu-hul-hil-sote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who now say yes or no. He who led the young men [Joseph's brother Alikut] is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death.

How which of the following best sums up the language of the speech?

Question 2 options:

The language of the speech is flowery and ceremonial, explaining the reasons for ending the fight.


The language of the speech is lackadaisical, showing carelessness and numbness.


The language of the speech is blunt and direct, explaining the reasons for ending the fight.


The language of the speech is fiery and vengeful, enumerating the wrongs the Nez Perce have endured.

Question 3 (3 points)
Read the following excerpt again from Chief Joseph's speech "I will fight no more forever":

Tell General Howard that I know his heart. What he told me before I have in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead, Tu-hul-hil-sote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who now say yes or no. He who led the young men [Joseph's brother Alikut] is dead. It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death.

How which of the following best sums up the elements of realism and naturalism expressed in the second half of the speech.

Question 3 options:

The realistic language makes plain the uncertain, sad future faced by the Nez Perce as a result of battle and cold weather.


The children are described as freezing to death.


The harsh environment has shaped their situation and taken their survival out of their hands.


All of the above express elements of realism and naturalism.

Question 4 (3 points)
The final lines of Chief Joseph's speech are its most famous. They read as follows:

"Hear me, my Chiefs, I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."

Which of the following describes Chief Joseph's last famous words from this speech (quoted above).

Question 4 options:

Chief Joseph's words are not tinged with fear of further fighting; rather, they are the result of an honest appraisal of the situation his people face.


He has assessed what has happened and recognized that any hope of victory is gone.


Surrendering allows him to protect his people and increase their chance of survival at a time when continuing to fight would have meant only defeat and total destruction.


All of the above are true of Chief Joseph's words.

Question 5 (3 points)
What is the purpose of "I Will Fight No More Forever"?

Question 5 options:

to accuse federal troops of breaking agreements with the Nez Perce


to explain that the Nez Perce are surrendering to protect their people


to announce Chief Joseph's decision to step down as leader of the Nez Perce


to remind the Nez Perce of the reasons why they are resisting

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From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Then her conscience reproached her, and she yearned to say something kind and loving; but she judged that this would be construed into a confession that she had been in the wrong, and discipline forbade that. So she kept silence, and went about her affairs with a troubled heart. Tom sulked in a corner and exalted his woes. He knew that in her heart his aunt was on her knees to him, and he was morosely gratified by the consciousness of it. He would hang out no signals, he would take notice of none. He knew that a yearning glance fell upon him, now and then, through a film of tears, but he refused recognition of it. He pictured himself lying sick unto death and his aunt bending over him beseeching one little forgiving word, but he would turn his face to the wall, and die with that word unsaid. Ah, how would she feel then? And he pictured himself brought home from the river, dead, with his curls all wet, and his sore heart at rest. How she would throw herself upon him, and how her tears would fall like rain, and her lips pray God to give her back her boy and she would never, never abuse him any more! But he would lie there cold and white and make no sign—a poor little sufferer, whose griefs were at an end. He so worked upon his feelings with the pathos of these dreams, that he had to keep swallowing, he was so like to choke; and his eyes swam in a blur of water, which overflowed when he winked, and ran down and trickled from the end of his nose. And such a luxury to him was this petting of his sorrows, that he could not bear to have any worldly cheeriness or any grating delight intrude upon it; it was too sacred for such contact; and so, presently, when his cousin Mary danced in, all alive with the joy of seeing home again after an age-long visit of one week to the country, he got up and moved in clouds and darkness out at one door as she brought song and sunshine in at the other.

Read these lines from the excerpt again:

And such a luxury to him was this petting of his sorrows, that he could not bear to have any worldly cheeriness or any grating delight intrude upon it; it was too sacred for such contact; and so, presently, when his cousin Mary danced in, all alive with the joy of seeing home again after an age-long visit of one week to the country, he got up and moved in clouds and darkness out at one door as she brought song and sunshine in at the other.

These lines from the excerpt explicitly or directly state that Tom

(4 points)

a is happy his cousin has returned

b thinks his aunt likes his cousin more

c feels upset that his cousin is happy

d wants to continue feeling sorry for himself

Which one uses punctuation correctly?

A. Sarah asked Jim to call Phil: Jim said he would.

B. Sarah asked Jim to call Phil: Jim said he would.

C. Sarah asked Jim to call Phil. Jim said he would.

D. Sarah asked Jim to call Phil Jim said he would​