In this speech, Roosevelt termed, for the first time, journalists as muckrakers.

Muck-rake- n. A rake for scraping up muck or dung

Muckrake- v. To search out and publicly expose real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1906

In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muck-rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.

In Pilgrim's Progress the Man with the Muck-rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of on spiritual things. Yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty, and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that which is vile and debasing. Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the floor and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed. But the man who never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck-rake, speedily becomes, not a help to society, not an incitement to good, but one of the most potent forces for evil.

There are, in the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful. . . To assail the great and admitted evils of our political and industrial life with such crude and sweeping generalizations as to include decent men in the general condemnation means the searing of the public conscience. There results a general attitude either of cynical belief in and indifference to public corruption or else of a distrustful inability to discriminate between the good and the bad. Either attitude is fraught with untold damage to the country as a whole. The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well-nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad. There is nothing more distressing to every good patriot, to every good American, than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter. Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition.

In this speech, Roosevelt wants journalists to write honestly, but not focus so much on uncovering corruption that they are unable to see anything else. Which of the following lines best supports the main idea of the speech?

A.) "In Pilgrim's Progress the Man with the Muck-rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of on spiritual things."

B.) "Yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty, and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that which is vile and debasing."

C.) "...who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck-rake, speedily becomes, not a help to society, not an incitement to good, but one of the most potent forces for evil."

D.) "There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man, whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life."

Answer:

The answer is C "...who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck-rake, speedily becomes, not a help to society, not an incitement to good, but one of the most potent forces for evil."

Explanation:

I took the test and c was correct

Answer:

Explanation:it’s c

Complete the following definition: A transitive verb is: a verbal phrase in which the verbal is an infinitive form.

Kennedy singles out one group of countries that the united states will defend against any attacker.what countries are they

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows information that the characters do not know.

Question 1 options:
True
False

John, a supervisor at the local factory, receives frequent requests from workers on how to fix the machine they use. What should John do?

A. John should continue to fix the machines himself.
B. John should make sure he trains the workers better, including how to fix the machine.
C. John should ignore the problem.
D. John should tell the workers to figure it out themselves

Which one of the following sentences contains an incorrect usage of the singular possessive?

A. The alpha male is often the pack's leader.
B. Icarus's fate was sealed when he approached the sun.
C. The north forty has always been my family's land.
D. Mary was dominant among Jesus' disciples.

describe Penelope. How is she similar to odysseus?

For me, reading has always been a path toward liberation and fulfillment. To learn to read is to start down the road of liberation, a road which should be accessible to everyone. No one has the right to keep you from reading, and yet that is what is happening in many areas in this country today. There are those who think they know best what we should read. These censors are at work in all areas of our daily lives.


Which best describes how Anaya uses rhetorical appeal to convince readers that censors want to limit what people can read?

Anaya speaks about everyone’s right to read what they choose in order to appeal to the reader’s sense of fairness.
Anaya presents documented facts about censors’ motivations in order to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic.
Anaya discusses his lifelong love of reading in order to establish his expertise for the reader on the topic of censorship.
Anaya refrains from stating a direct opinion in order to allow the reader to form one based on evidence from many areas of the country.

Which of the following most likely functions as the climax in a story? At that moment, Shelly let go of all her fears and let herself relax. The day started with a bright spark of light hitting the mirror and shining on the bed. We eventually gave away all the articles that had caused all the trouble. "If you will give me your promise, I will see if I can help you," he said. @lynfran I think its B. The day started with a bright spark of light hitting the mirror and shining on the bed.

Financial aid that is awarded based on a students academic artistic athletic or other exceptional ability is called

Read the following passage:

I try to select nutritious food choices in the school cafeteria to help me do well in school, but sometimes the French fries and chocolate fudge cake just look so delicious.

Based on the clues, what is the most likely definition of the word nutritious?

boring
bland
healthy
yummy

In Chapter 3, Scout criticizes her classmate, Walter Cunningham, for asking for molasses and then pouring it on his vegetables and meat while he was a guest at the Finch home. In this scene, what does the author’s use of flashback in a first person point-of- view narration achieve? It allows readers to anticipate both Scout’s child-like response to Walter’s unexpected behavior as well as Atticus’s admonishment of Scout’s criticism. It helps readers recall Walter’s initial interactions with Scout and Jem at the beginning of the chapter. It prepares readers to make predictions about how adults in Maycomb will perceive how the Finch children affect the advancement of the plot. It offers a range of adult-to-child and child-to-child interactions for readers to consider.

at type of volcano will most likely form when intermittent eruptions of different intensities take place over a long period of time and layers of ash and lava pile up?

In Act V of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Quince presents the prologue for “Pyramus and Thisbe.” When he finishes, Hippolyta comments:

Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child
on a recorder—a sound, but not in government.

Which tone does the simile “played on his prologue like a child on a recorder” create?


A. It creates a sad, wistful tone by comparing Quince’s performance to a beautiful tune.


B. It creates a humorous tone by comparing Quince’s performance to a child playing an instrument badly.


C. It creates a relaxed tone by comparing Quince’s performance to lovely recorder music.


D. It creates a surprised tone by comparing Quince’s performance to an eloquent speech by a government official.

Which of the below was not a popular genre during the Victorian era?A.detective fiction B.gothic fiction C.postmodern fiction,

Read the excerpt from T.S. Eliot’s "Preludes." Which form of poetry is used? The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o’clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps. fixed form closed form free verse blank verse NextReset

Read Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay." Which theme does the poet explore in the poem? Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. the value of goldthe permanence of art
the necessity of wealth
the impermanence of beauty
the permanence of love

read this excerpt from a room of one's own by virginia woolf:
meanwhile [shakespeare's] extraordinary gifted sister, let us suppose, remained at home. she was as adventurous, as imaginative, as agog to school. she had no chance of learning grammar and logic, let alone of reading horace and virgil. she picked up a book now and then, one of her brother's perhaps, and read a few pages. but then her parents came in and told her to mend the stockings or mind the stew and not moon about with books and papers.
which statement best conveys how woolf achieves her purpose in this excerpt?
A) she uses the phrase "now and then" to show that many women were uncertain of their own talents.
B)She uses the phrase "extraordinarily gifted" to show that talent ran in shakespeare's family
C)she tells a story to illustrate how women's talent has been historically suppressed.
D)she tells a story to show how many grat works have gone unnoticed due to sexism

What does the saxophone player give Bud to show the band welcomes him and wants to give him a chance? A a harmonica B a trumpet
C a saxophone case D a recorder.IN BUD NOT BUDDY.

4. which type of animal does the rainforest contain more than 4,000 different species of ? ( 1point )

A. birds

b. cats

c. butterflies

d. spiders

What is diction?

A. structure and arrangement of words and phrases within a sentence
B. a central message or insight revealed through a story
C. time, place, and social/historical context in which a story takes place
D. careful and deliberate word choice in speaking or writing

Which of the following sentences best summarizes the purpose of the excerpt? It tells the audience exactly what will happen at the end of the play. It reveals the conflicting feelings Romeo has for Juliet and his family. It foreshadows the death of the lovers in the next section of the play. It explains that Romeo and Juliet will face many obstacles because of their families’ hatred. NextReset

PLEASE HELP!!! 90 POINTS!!! In what chapter does The Creature in Frankenstein admit he killed William?

In line 31, what does the speaker mean when he says, "Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it"? A. You will be in control of Earth and own everything in it. B. You will have many opportunities and whatever you desire on Earth. C. You will become powerful and govern Earth. D. You will be very wealthy and own vast amounts of land.

Which is the most likely explanation why the narrator and Stephen travel to the Yukon?

a.They want to get in the business of dog training.

b.They want to compete in an important sled race.

c.They want to make money from the gold rush.

d.They want to go on an Alaskan vacation.

How do I correct this faulty parallelism
The novel is about a woman who is young, poor, and works hard.

a. The novel is about a woman who is young, and she is poor and works hard.
b. The novel is about a young poor woman and why she has to work hard.
c. The novel is about a young poor woman and how she works hard.
d. The novel is about a woman who is young, poor, and hardworking.

12. _______ conjunctions are found in pairs. A. Correlative B. Relative C. Subordinating D. Coordinating

are these correct??

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.
"Thus absolutely lost in thought, and dying with the very thoughts of drowning, I come up with the post, who I did not see 'til very deliberately a few paces, when we entered a thicket of trees and shrubs, and I perceived by the horse's going, we were on the decent of a hill, which, as we come nearer the bottom, 'twas totally dark with the trees that surrounded it. But I knew by the going of the horse we had entered the water, which my guide told me was the hazardous river he had told me of; and he, riding up close to my side, bid me not fear-we should be over immediately. I now rallied all my courage, knowing that I must either venture my fate of drowning, or be left like the children in the wood. So, as the post bid me, I gave reins to my nag; and sitting as steady as just before in the canoe, in a few minutes got safe to the other side, which he told me was the Narragansett country." (Sarah Kemble Knight, The Private Journal)

Who is the intended audience of this passage?
(Points : 3)
the author herself
specific to the children
- specific to the horse
general

2.How can a reader find the main idea of a passage?
Please select all answers that apply.
(Points : 3)

analyze the connotations of the words

-summarize the passage

-identify the audience

-enter details into a graphic organizer

paraphrase difficult language

3. The best graphic organizer to use to better understand a narrative is:
(Points : 3)
a Venn diagram
an idea web
- a timeline
an illustration hierarchy

4. The best graphic organizer to use to better understand a descriptive passage is:
(Points : 3)
a Venn diagram
an idea web
a timeline
- an illustration hierarchy

5. A timeline would be most likely to help in understanding which of these types of passages?
(Points : 3)
- a non-fiction passage
a persuasive passage
a narrative passage
any type of passage

Why is satire often censored by governments or powerful people?

Explain how Oedipus’s character influences the events of the plot

What mood does Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s use of repetition in “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” help to create?