Read the passage from "The Storyteller."
The children moved listlessly towards the aunt's end of
the carriage. Evidently her reputation as a storyteller did
not rank high in their estimation.
In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent
intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her
listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably
uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and
made friends with every one on account of her
goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a
number of rescuers who admired her moral character.
"Wouldn't they have saved her if she hadn't been good?"
demanded the bigger of the small girls. It was exactly the
question that the bachelor had wanted to ask.
"Well, yes," admitted the aunt lamely, "but I don't think
they would have run quite so fast to her help if they had
not liked her so much."
Which statement best explains the situational irony that
occurs in the passage?
The aunt expects the children to laugh at the story,
but they do not
The children expect their aunt to tell a funny story, but
she does not
O The children do not like the story, even though it is
very interesting.
The aunt tells a story with a moral, but the children
ignore the lesson.

Answer:

The aunt expects the children to laugh at the story, but they don't.

Situational irony - the expected outcome fails and something else happens.  She is known to be a good teller of stories, but the kids do not laugh and she wonders if she really is a good storyteller or not.

Explanation:

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;

This excerpt is an example of
heroic couplet.
free verse.
blank verse.
common meter.

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No more quiet than strong, certainly no more strong than
quiet.
- Jennifer Granholm, "Remembering Rosa Parks"
Why does Granholm play with language in this excerpt from "Remembering
Rosa Parks"?
A. To establish her credibility as Rosa Parks's friend
B. To encourage the audience to fight Rosa Parks's war
C. To help the audience to create a mental image
D. To make her speech more interesting to listen to

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A. chronologies.
B. histories.
C. sonnets.
D. tragicomedies.

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A Three-Point Turn Chapter 1 "You know, hardly anyone ever needs to do a three-point turn anymore," said Justin, trying to help Becky calm down. "Oh, so it's not a useful skill AND I am probably going to fail the driving test because I can't do it anyway," Becky said, raising her voice for emphasis. "That should make me feel like a million bucks when I flunk." Justin was riding with Becky so she could take her driving test. He had volunteered for the job because he thought she would be less nervous with him than with their mom, but so far, he wasn't sure he was making any difference. "Slow down, your turn is coming up here," he said, looking ahead. "I know, I know," she replied, "I've been here before remember—the last time I flunked." Justin was pretty sure if he had let her miss the turn, things would only have deteriorated further, but he wasn't sure he was fond of being the scapegoat for Becky's anxiety. "Listen, you need to take a few deep breaths," he said, hoping he could help her at least relax a bit. "Being nervous won't help you with the three-point turn or anything else you have to do. Hey, did you just take that turn without your turn signal on?" This was going to be harder than he thought. "Stop yelling at me," Becky replied, clearly frustrated, "I can't concentrate." "Look, you need to stop and get yourself together here," Justin started. "It is not just about passing the driving test. I don't want to get in an accident, so pull into that parking lot." Becky drove into the office building's parking lot where Justin was pointing. Justin knew they were less than a mile from the licensing office, and if she continued in this condition, he'd be having this same discussion three months from now when she tried the test again for the third time. "You need to get a grip," he started after she put the car in park, "because you have studied and practiced driving all year. You know this stuff inside and out, backwards and forwards. What are you so nervous about?" "I don't know, I don't know," Becky wailed, resting her head on the steering wheel. "I just get so tired of failing." Listening quietly as Becky sobbed, Justin realized this was about much more than a driving test. He also knew if he didn't find a way to help Becky things would just get worse. Chapter 2 Justin took a deep breath and collected his thoughts. Becky was an unbelievably consistent straight-A student. It was Justin who got the bad grades in school, and Justin who had to repeat every math class he'd ever taken. It was Justin who wished he could get the grades Becky got. Some things came easier for Justin: He was athletic, handy with tools, and good at making the best of whatever life threw at him. Mom called him her "lemons into lemonade" kid. But for the most part, Becky succeeded easily, whereas Justin had to work and work to just get a passing grade. Rather than having Becky catalogue all the things she supposedly "failed" at, Justin decided to try an alternative approach, one that wouldn't remind him of all the ways he had failed. "Okay, Becky, let's assume for a moment you fail this test again. What is the worst thing that could happen?" he asked. "I would be the oldest kid at school without a license and be humiliated," she replied. Justin thought he heard a bit of panic in her voice but continued with his plan. "Yes, but won't we still have to drive to school together for at least one more year anyway?" he asked. "Yes, but..." she started. "And who will know, if you don't tell anyone except your friends, that you don't have your license? You know Mom can't afford another car just for you, right?" "Yes," she said quietly. "So what difference does it make, really," he said. "Another three months to wait in the grand scheme of your life doesn't seem like all that long, right?" "I suppose not," she said. Justin could tell she was breathing more slowly now. "Besides," he said, "I would miss all the practice driving with you," and for good measure he reached over and pinched her arm. "Ow," she said, hitting back at him, "that hurt." "So let's go do this, okay? "Okay," she said. Becky cranked up the car, backed slowly out of the parking spot and drove up to the parking lot's exit. Justin noticed, as they waited for the traffic to clear, that she had remembered the turn signal. Which is true of both Chapter 1 and Chapter 2? (5 points) 1.) Both include characters who speak very little. 2.) Both include large sections of descriptive text. 3.) Both use mainly dialogue to develop the characters. 4.) Both use the narrator to explain the conflict.

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needs to be aware of with food
marketing by food companies.

5. Read the outline.

What type of problem-and-solution organization does this outline use?

1. The overall problem: Company must decide if installing permanent

catwalks is more cost effective than using temporary scaffolding,

II. Three options available:

A. Continue to rent temporary scaffolding and have it installed by contractors

B. Purchase scaffolding and have it installed by company employees

C. Have permanent catwalks designed and installed

III. Conclusion: Permanent catwalks are best idea

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B. Why is it important to be knowledgeable about global warming and its effects around the world?
C. What is the effect of global warming on the environment?
D. What is the most significant effect of glacial melting on the lives of polar bears in countries that ring the Arctic Circle?

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b) Using multiple sources means that you have looked at research from multiple time periods.
c) Using multiple sources helps you develop your own original ideas for your essay.
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She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns.
The description in this sentence

uses Precise language To describe what tan saw

Contains a detail that appeals to the sense of taste

Uses figurative language to describe the prawns

Contains a simile that compares prawns to flesh

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Read the first stanza from "The Raven."
Which best describes the scene that the author is
setting through the use of imagery in the stanza?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak
and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten
lore-
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a
tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber
door.
'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber
door-
Only this and nothing more."
The speaker is up late at night reading and hears a
knocking sound.
The speaker is sleeping and is awakened by
someone calling to him.
The speaker is reading a ghost story and imagines
that he sees a ghost.
The speaker is napping and does not hear a visitor
who taps on the door.
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A. physical description

B. thoughts and feelings

C. reactions of others


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