Question
Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.
Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.
Which best describes the tone of the excerpt?
untrustworthy
personal
formal
impartial
Read the excerpt.
My father had never met Andrzej, yet that morning he sent for the boy he had forbidden me to see to come into our house. Not a word had been spoken to me about these arrangements. This was my father, and of course I was not consulted.
I was standing in the kitchen when I heard Andrzej’s voice at our door. My knees sank. Mama scrutinized me. I did not even look at his face.
“Welcome, Andrzej. Please have a seat.” Papa offered him a chair. . . .
“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.”
Determine the narrator’s point of view in Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.
a historian recounting her own experiences during the Holocaust
a historian describing a survivor’s experiences during the Holocaust
a teenager describing her own experiences during the Holocaust
a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust
Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.
Which best describes the tone of the excerpt?
untrustworthy
personal
formal
impartial
Read the excerpt.
My father had never met Andrzej, yet that morning he sent for the boy he had forbidden me to see to come into our house. Not a word had been spoken to me about these arrangements. This was my father, and of course I was not consulted.
I was standing in the kitchen when I heard Andrzej’s voice at our door. My knees sank. Mama scrutinized me. I did not even look at his face.
“Welcome, Andrzej. Please have a seat.” Papa offered him a chair. . . .
“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.”
Determine the narrator’s point of view in Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.
a historian recounting her own experiences during the Holocaust
a historian describing a survivor’s experiences during the Holocaust
a teenager describing her own experiences during the Holocaust
a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust
Answers
Answer
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
—“Harlem,”
Langston Hughes
Which theme is supported by the imagery in these first few lines of the poem?
One must defer dreams to preserve them.
Delayed dreams grow bigger with time.
Dreams that are delayed may die.
Dreams last forever.
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
—“Harlem,”
Langston Hughes
Which theme is supported by the imagery in these first few lines of the poem?
One must defer dreams to preserve them.
Delayed dreams grow bigger with time.
Dreams that are delayed may die.
Dreams last forever.
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1. The tone of the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill is best described as **formal**. The language is serious and authoritative, addressing significant international issues and calling for disarmament and peace without personal or emotional language.
2. The narrator’s point of view in "Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz" is best described as **a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust**. The excerpt features the narrator reflecting on her father's decisions regarding Andrzej, indicating a personal, familial perspective rather than recounting her own direct experiences as a historical account.
2. The narrator’s point of view in "Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz" is best described as **a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust**. The excerpt features the narrator reflecting on her father's decisions regarding Andrzej, indicating a personal, familial perspective rather than recounting her own direct experiences as a historical account.
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GPT-4o mini
The imagery in the first few lines of Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem" supports the theme that **dreams that are delayed may die.** The comparison to a raisin drying up suggests that deferring dreams can lead to deterioration or loss, conveying a sense of sadness and decay associated with unrealized aspirations.
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