The mangled sinews of commerce in so much of the Southland only added to the despair.

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Railroad tracks torn apart.

Fields fallow, hardened, and barren.

Bridges that once defied the physics of uncrossable rivers destroyed.

So many Southern cities had been reduced to smoldering rubble.

Use the passage to answer the question.

What effect does the use of short sentences in this excerpt have on the reader?

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Responses

It suggests that the damage done to the Southern landscape was minimal.
It suggests that the damage done to the Southern landscape was minimal.

It suggests that only a few harsh words are needed to describe the destruction done to the South.
It suggests that only a few harsh words are needed to describe the destruction done to the South.

It gives the reader a great sense of sympathy for the Southerners after the war.
It gives the reader a great sense of sympathy for the Southerners after the war.

It gives the reader an idea of how great the South was before the war and how much it lost.

Answer 1

The effect of the use of short sentences in this excerpt primarily serves to emphasize the severity and impact of the destruction in the South. Therefore, the most fitting response is:

It gives the reader a great sense of sympathy for the Southerners after the war.

Answer 2

Which is the purpose of an infographic?(1 point)
Responses

to introduce the topic of a section of text
to introduce the topic of a section of text

to emphasize a particular item in a list
to emphasize a particular item in a list

to summarize or explain a graphic
to summarize or explain a graphic

to combine text with different types of graphics

Answer 3

The purpose of an infographic is:

to combine text with different types of graphics.

Answer 4

The Oval Portrait
by Edgar Allen Poe

The chateau into which my valet had ventured to make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night in the open air, was one of those piles of commingled gloom and grandeur which have so long frowned among the Appenines, not less in fact than in the fancy of Mrs. Radcliffe. To all appearance it had been temporarily and very lately abandoned. We established ourselves in one of the smallest and least sumptuously furnished apartments. It lay in a remote turret of the building. Its decorations were rich, yet tattered and antique.

"The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe

Use the passage to answer the question.

Which detail from the excerpt infers that the narrator and his valet are trespassing at the chateau?

(1 point)
Responses

The chateau appears to be abandoned.
The chateau appears to be abandoned.

The chateau is much different from other buildings in the area.
The chateau is much different from other buildings in the area.

They stay in a remote part of the chateau.
They stay in a remote part of the chateau.

They stop at the chateau without planning to do so.

Answer 5

The detail from the excerpt that infers that the narrator and his valet are trespassing at the chateau is:

The chateau appears to be abandoned.

Answer 6

Use these lines from the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe to answer the question.

(1) Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered—
(2) Till I scarcely more than muttered “Other friends have flown before—
(3) On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.”
(4) Then the bird said “Nevermore.”

What type of figurative language does Poe use in the second line of this excerpt?

(1 point)
Responses

personification
personification

implied metaphor
implied metaphor

hyperbole
hyperbole

metaphor

Answer 7

The type of figurative language that Poe uses in the second line of this excerpt is:

personification.

In this line, the narrator attributes human-like qualities to "friends" that have "flown before," suggesting they have left him, which is a form of personification.

Answer 8

The Most Dangerous Game
by Richard Connell

"Nonsense," laughed Rainsford. "This hot weather is making you soft, Whitney. Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters. Do you think we've passed that island yet?"

"I can't tell in the dark. I hope so."

"Why?" asked Rainsford.

"The place has a reputation—a bad one."

"Cannibals?" suggested Rainsford.

"Hardly. Even cannibals wouldn't live in such a God-forsaken place. But it's gotten into sailor lore, somehow. Didn't you notice that the crew's nerves seemed a bit jumpy to-day?"

"They were a bit strange, now you mention it. Even Captain Nielsen——"

"Yes, even that tough-minded old Swede, who'd go up to the devil himself and ask him for a light. Those fishy blue eyes held a look I never saw there before. All I could get out of him was: 'This place has an evil name among sea-faring men, sir.' Then he said to me, very gravely: 'Don't you feel anything?'—as if the air about us was actually poisonous. Now, you mustn't laugh when I tell you this—I did feel something like a sudden chill.

"There was no breeze. The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window. We were drawing near the island then. What I felt was a—a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread."

"Pure imagination," said Rainsford. "One superstitious sailor can taint the whole ship's company with his fear."

"Maybe. But sometimes I think sailors have an extra sense that tells them when they are in danger. Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing—with wave lengths, just as sound and light have. An evil place can, so to speak, broadcast vibrations of evil. Anyhow, I'm glad we're getting out of this zone. Well, I think I'll turn in now, Rainsford."

"I'm not sleepy," said Rainsford. "I'm going to smoke another pipe up on the after deck."

"Good-night, then, Rainsford. See you at breakfast."

"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell

Use the passage from “The Most Dangerous Game” to answer the question.

Which theme is supported by the passage?

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Responses

Fear makes people behave in strange ways.
Fear makes people behave in strange ways.

People will persevere in the face of danger.
People will persevere in the face of danger.

Hunters should have respect for the hunted.
Hunters should have respect for the hunted.

Superstitions are always rooted in fiction.

Answer 9

The theme supported by the passage is:

Fear makes people behave in strange ways.

This is evident from the discussion between Rainsford and Whitney about the eerie feelings associated with the island and the crew's nervous behavior, suggesting that fear can influence perceptions and reactions.

Answer 10

The general chuckled. "They indicate a channel," he said, "where there's none: giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws. They can crush a ship as easily as I crush this nut." He dropped a walnut on the hardwood floor and brought his heel grinding down on it. "Oh, yes," he said, casually, as if in answer to a question. "I have electricity. We try to be civilized here."

"Civilized? And you shoot down men?"

A trace of anger was in the general's black eyes, but it was there for but a second, and he said, in his most pleasant manner: "Dear me, what a righteous young man you are! I assure you I do not do the thing you suggest. That would be barbarous. I treat these visitors with every consideration. They get plenty of good food and exercise. They get into splendid physical condition. You shall see for yourself tomorrow."

"What do you mean?"

"We'll visit my training school," smiled the general. "It's in the cellar. I have about a dozen pupils down there now. They're from the Spanish bark Sanlûcar that had the bad luck to go on the rocks cut there. A very inferior lot, regret to say. Poor specimens and more accustomed to the deck than to the jungle."

Use the paragraphs to answer the question.

How does the author use satire to develop meaning in these paragraphs?

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Responses

The author uses Rainsford’s questions to satirize ideas about what constitutes polite society.
The author uses Rainsford’s questions to satirize ideas about what constitutes polite society.

The author uses Zaroff’s description of the Spanish sailors to satirize overly simplistic stereotypes.
The author uses Zaroff’s description of the Spanish sailors to satirize overly simplistic stereotypes.

The author satirizes society’s notions of what makes a person civilized through Zaroff’s comparing his prison to a school.
The author satirizes society’s notions of what makes a person civilized through Zaroff’s comparing his prison to a school.

The author uses the narrator’s descriptions of both men during the conversation to satirize the idea that hunting is a game.

Answer 11

The author uses satire to develop meaning in these paragraphs in the following way:

The author satirizes society’s notions of what makes a person civilized through Zaroff’s comparing his prison to a school.

Zaroff's attempt to present his violent activities as civilized and educational contrasts sharply with the moral implications of his actions, highlighting the absurdity of his reasoning.