excerpt from “Solitude” by Henry David Thoreau

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore. I go and come with a strange liberty in Nature, a part of herself. As I walk along the stony shore of the pond in my shirt sleeves, though it is cool as well as cloudy and windy, and I see nothing special to attract me, all the elements are unusually congenial to me. The bullfrogs trump to usher in the night, and the note of the whippoorwill is borne on the rippling wind from over the water. Sympathy with the fluttering alder and poplar leaves almost takes away my breath; yet, like the lake, my serenity is rippled but not ruffled. These small waves raised by the evening wind are as remote from storm as the smooth reflecting surface. Though it is now dark, the wind still blows and roars in the wood, the waves still dash, and some creatures lull the rest with their notes. The repose is never complete. The wildest animals do not repose, but seek their prey now; the fox, and skunk, and rabbit, now roam the fields and woods without fear. They are Nature’s watchmen, —links which connect the days of animated life. . . .
Some of my pleasantest hours were during the long rain storms in the spring or fall, which confined me to the house for the afternoon as well as the forenoon, soothed by their ceaseless roar and pelting; when an early twilight ushered in a long evening in which many thoughts had time to take root and unfold themselves. . . . Men frequently say to me, “I should think you would feel lonesome down there, and want to be nearer to folks, rainy and snowy days and nights especially.” I am tempted to reply to such,—This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space. How far apart, think you, dwell the two most distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments? Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question. What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary? I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.
Which sentence best expresses the author’s viewpoint about nature in "Solitude"?

A. Nature is dangerous yet attractive.
B. Nature is filled with excitement and adventure.
C. Nature is beautiful, calming, and inspiring.
D. Nature is filled with unknowable mysteries.

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Answer:

the answer is c

Explanation:

Which answer is the best example
of imagery?
A. Since he couldn't call, he decided to send a
card.
B. Sean picked out a bag he liked and went to the
counter to pay for it.
C. He glanced sideways at a shard of pale
moonlight flickering through a torn place in the
blind

The ball was served by Debbie. <--This sentence is written in * 2 points active voice passive voice

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In the olden days the thunder and lightning lived on the earth amongst all the other people, but the king made them live at the far end of the town, as far as possible from other people's houses.

The thunder was an old mother sheep, and the lightning was her son, a ram. Whenever the ram got angry he used to go about and burn houses and knock down trees; he even did damage on the farms, and sometimes killed people. Whenever the lightning did these things, his mother used to call out to him in a very loud voice to stop and not to do any more damage; but the lightning did not care in the least for what his mother said, and when he was in a bad temper used to do a very large amount of damage. At last the people could not stand it any longer, and complained to the king.

So the king made a special order that the sheep (Thunder) and her son, the ram (Lightning), should leave the town and live in the far bush. This did not do much good, as when the ram got angry he still burnt the forest, and the flames sometimes spread to the farms and consumed them.

So the people complained again, and the king banished both the lightning and the thunder from the earth and made them live in the sky, where they could not cause so much destruction. Ever since, when the lightning is angry, he commits damage as before, but you can hear his mother, the thunder, rebuking him and telling him to stop. Sometimes, however, when the mother has gone away some distance from her naughty son, you can still see that he is angry and is doing damage, but his mother's voice cannot be heard.


What can be gathered about the cultural setting in which this story takes place?

A) It is a strict and religious society.
B) It is a monarchy, ruled by a royal figure.
C) It is a casual and liberal society.
D) It is a violent, primitive society.

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Read the cause.
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b rapt
c negotiable
d degraded
e translucent
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before sentence
after sentence
in the middle of the sentence
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Select the correct answer.
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When Liza had to decide between packing an extra jacket or an extra pair of boots, she was in a quandary. She just couldn’t decide which item to add to her already full suitcase.

A.
to be distracted
B.
to be questioned
C.
to be decisive
D.
to be in doubt

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They both use body language to depict tone.

They both use shadows to convey mystery.

They both use expressions to depict tone.

They both show a warm and playful mood.

They both show a joyful and lighthearted setting​

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4.
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a picture of Jackie Robinson
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O possessive
O reflexive
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