Which line in this excerpt from “The Gun” by Philip K. Dic is an example of euphemism? The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope. He adjusted the focus quickly. "It was an atomic fission we saw, all right," he said presently. He sighed and pushed the eyepiece away. "Any of you who wants to look may do so. But it's not a pretty sight." "Let me look," Tance the archeologist said. He bent down to look, squinting. "Good Lord!" He leaped violently back, knocking against Dorle, the Chief Navigator. "Why did we come all this way, then?" Dorle asked, looking around at the other men. "There's no point even in landing. Let's go back at once." "Perhaps he's right," the biologist murmured. "But I'd like to look for myself, if I may." He pushed past Tance and peered into the sight.

Answer:

"But it's not a pretty sight."

Explanation:

A euphemism is a mild, indirect, or polite word or expression used to replace another word or expression that is considered unpleasant, offensive, blunt, or harsh. The Captain uses a euphemism when he refers to the atomic fission he saw saying “it's not a pretty sight,” to avoid using a harsh and unpleasant expression that would describe the shocking and serious event.

Aunt Agatha says that Gussie "'has lost his head over a creature." How do these words reflect her feelings for Gussie?


They show her concern that Gussie is always buying pets.
They show her concern that Gussie likes America too much.
They show her disdain for Gussie's lack of self-control.
They show her disdain for Gussie's sense of friendship.

7.Why does the town interpret the A in the sky to stand for Angel, based on Chapter 12 of The Scarlet Letter?

A. The town believes that they're being punished for being so immoral, and an angel has come to save them.
B. The town sees the A as an angel who is sent to bring them penance.
C. Governor Winthrop had died that evening, so they believe the A stands for the angel into which he was turned.
D. They feel that an angel is watching over their town because of all the sinning that has taken place.


8.What lie does Hester tell Pearl about her scarlet letter in Chapter 16 of The Scarlet Letter?

A. Hester tells Pearl that it is the mark of the Black Man.
B. Hester tells Pearl that she was selected by the town to wear the letter as a reward for being so pure.
C. Hester tells Pearl that she has always worn the scarlet letter, even since birth.
D. Hester explains to Pearl that it's a great honor for her to wear the letter.

9.What effect does Dimmesdale's confession have on Chillingworth, as explained in the conclusion of The Scarlet Letter?

A. He is rejuvenated by Dimmesdale's confession, and experiences better health.
B. He is crippled by the weight of Dimmesdale's confession, and withers away and dies within a year.
C. Chillingworth commends Dimmesdale on his honesty.
D. Chillingworth is so embarrassed by Dimmesdale's confession that he leaves Salem for England.

10.What is the best description of Roderick Usher’s character based on the following passage:

“He suffered much from a morbid acuteness of the senses; the most insipid food was alone endurable; he could wear only garments of certain texture; the odors of all flowers were oppressive; his eyes were tortured by even a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror.”

A. Usher is a joker, and playing tricks on the narrator.
B. He is a tortured man, plagued by man peculiar habits.
C. Usher is very friendly and fun to be around.
D. He is shy, and afraid of people.

11.What is the significance of Reverend Dimmesdale saying, "Come hither! Come, my little Pearl!" in Chapter 23 of The Scarlet Letter?

A. It's the first time that Pearl ever meets him.
B. It's his public confession that Pearl is his daughter.
C. It's the first time he has spoken to the child.
D. It's his punishment for Pearl for ignoring him for so long.

12. How can the reader tell that Goodman Brown has been changed by his experience in the woods, based on the following description:

“Turning the corner by the meeting-house, he spied the head of Faith, with the pink ribbons, gazing anxiously forth, and bursting into such joy at the sight of him that she skipped along the street and almost kissed her husband before the whole village. But Goodman Brown looked sternly and sadly into her face, and passed on without a greeting.”

A. He doesn’t recognize her, so the reader knows something happened to his mind.
B. He is crying, so the reader can see how shaken he is by the events in the woods.
C. He kisses his wife for the entire village to see, which he would not have done, previously.
D. He ignores his wife, whom he had been in love with before he left.

what is significance of malcolm's army carrying branches from birnam wood to the castle

10.before reading, graphics can be helpful with
A. choosing effective words
B. scanning
C. Establishing Tone
D. Reading

Read the excerpt from E.O. Wilson’s “The Environmental Ethic.” Species are disappearing at an accelerating rate through human action, primarily habitat destruction but also pollution and the introduction of exotic species into residual natural environments. I have said that a fifth or more of the species of plants and animals could vanish or be doomed to early extinction by the year 2020 unless better efforts are made to save them. . . . As the last forests are felled in forest strongholds like the Philippines and Ecuador, the decline of species will accelerate even more. In the world as a whole, extinction rates are already hundreds or thousands of times higher than before the coming of man. They cannot be balanced by new evolution in any period of time that has meaning for the human race. What message does the author convey in this excerpt? Humans need to take action to end further destruction of the natural environment. In the coming years, humans will put forth stronger efforts to save plants and animals. The extinction of plant and animal species is problematic in the Philippines and Ecuador. In recent years, the extinction rate for many animal species has significantly increased.

40 POINTS!!! Please do not answer unless you do what the question says! :)
In 1 or 2 clear, well-written paragraphs, analyze and explain how Emily Dickinson's use of capital letters, line length, and word position in "The Wind Begun to Rock the Grass" contributes to the poem's meaning. Make sure you cite specific moments and lines from the poem itself to help explain your ideas.

(Here is the poem)

The Wind begun to rock the Grass
With threatening Tunes and low--
He threw a Menace at the Earth--
A Menace at the Sky.

The Leaves unhooked themselves from Trees--
And started all abroad
The Dust did scoop itself like Hands
And threw away the Road.

The Wagons quickened on the Streets
The Thunder hurried slow--
The Lightning showed a Yellow Beak
And then a livid Claw.

The Birds put up the Bars to Nests--
The Cattle fled to Barns--
There came one drop of Giant Rain
And then as if the Hands

That held the Dams had parted hold
The Waters Wrecked the Sky,
But overlooked my Father's House--
Just quartering a Tree--

guys can u please fix my essay and redo anything that can make it better?

First draft
As Proserpina gets bored she asked her mother if she could go out and explore see what this area is like and meet new people the basic stuff. Her mother said yes with one acceptation, only if Proserpina stays near the sea nymphs, and he mother advised her not to go wondering around. Proserpina kept in mind what her mother had told her, but as she was walking she noticed in the fields that there were these beautiful flowers, she was so tempted and couldn't help herself.

When Proserpina was picking out her flowers for her mother in an area where she wasn’t supposed to be in as her mother advised her not to go to the fields. She started to hear footsteps as she was picking her last flower and getting ready to head back, she saw a man, but this wasn’t any man it was king Pluto but of course she had no idea. Proserpina didn’t think nothing of it so she kept walking as king Pluto kept following her she turned around but before she could ask him what he wanted he grabbed her face and throw her on his horse. She kept yelling on the whole ride “who are you? where are u taking me?”. The king didn’t say anything until they arrived, where are you taking me why did u kidnap me Proserpina kept repeating over and over again until the king snapped, STOP WITH THE QOUSTIONS, sorry I have a short temper her stated, but you are here to be my maid. He told her how he she will be working for him.

Proserpina can’t live with the fact that she will be his maid she had better dreams for herself, all she could think about was her mother and how she would be going crazy due to her being gone. Meanwhile the king was getting ready to go to bed, but Proserpina hasn’t even flinched she has been trying to find a way to escape and the castle is huge she could get last, so she would have to wait for the king to go out, so she can escape in peace. But today before the king went to bed they talked, and Proserpina felt bad for the king because he has no one. So, although she would love to be gone as soon as she can she still feels bad, but she also knows she has to go back to her mother.

As the sun shined through Proserpina’s window, she had realized it is day time she hasn’t even slept she had been p all night planning her great escape and making plan A Plan B just in case plan A doesn’t work. She couldn’t lay her head for one sec, she kept reliving the moment her mom had told her not to go to that area she felt as the longer she stay’s in that castle she will lose her mind. The king was going to go out to do some thing’s as he stated to Proserpina last night so when he had woken up and started getting ready she got excited she thought to herself maybe after all my plan A will work.

Proserpina starts getting ready to make a run for it ad the king had just left. She going to the front door and see’s if it open and of course it wasn’t but she had saw a back door last night as she was going to her room. So, she runs to it hoping she won’t get lost, as she approaches to the door she hears king Pluto coming back so she just takes a leap of faith and goes for it. *king Pluto walking into his home* “Proserpina oh Proserpina where can u be where is my lunch my worker “he get’s no answer what so ever. He yells for his guards to come inside, “look for the worker in every room NOW!” meanwhile Proserpina is almost back home and out of breath. She run’s inside and her mom just is overwhelmed but the happy kind. She tells her mom where she was this whole time and apologized her mom said, “there is no time for that now we have to go to him because if we don’t he will do the same thing over again”. As they were making their way back to he mother was filled with rage. * Finally, they have arrived* “oh dear my worker where have you been I’ve been worried sick about you”. Her mother say’s “you’ve been worried sick what about me how do u think I felt when I didn’t know where she was you KIDNAPPED her but it ok because I am going to curse you”. At the end they made a negation that he will never kidnap anyone else if she doesn’t curse him.

Which is the adjective clause in the following sentence?

My mom remembers the days when phones has cords.

A. When headphones had cords
B. Remembers the days
C. Had cords
D. My mom remembers the days

according to Mary C. lamia what is fear

Which of the following words typically has a negative connotation?
A. Slight
B. Thin
C. Slender
D. Skinny

Describe a situation in which indirect communication is used effectively.

Which excerpt from "Going Back to School" adds to the theme that being unhappy in a particular situation can make one feel imprisoned?
a. The boat ploughed on. Now Alcatraz was past And all the grey waves flamed to red again At the dead sun's last glimmer. Far and vast
b. The sky was like a cup some rare wine fills, And stars came as he watched – and he was free
c. With laughter beating in a clamorous tide. . . . Saw once again the heat of harvest fume Up to the empty sky in threads like glass,
d. The ship slowed, jarred and stopped. There, straight ahead, Were dock and fellows. Stumbling, he was whirled Out and away to meet them – and his back

What is Sinclairs topic in the third and fourth paragraphs of the selection? What message does he communicate about this topic?

1. However, one of my favorite things about the house is my new room.
2. The walls are ocean blue with a mural of a surfer.
3. Also, my own bathroom adjoins my surfer's paradise.
4. My parents and I are moving to a new house at the end of this month. 5. There are many aspects of the place that I like.

Read the sentences and determine the MOST logical order for the numbered sentences.
A) 3,1,2,5,4
B) 4,2,3,1,5
C) 4,5,1,2,3
D) 5,4,1,3,2

which theme is reflected in this poem by countee cullen

what is animalism as the way it's discussed in animal farm

The school is considering mandatory school uniforms; if this goes through, it will enforce useless limitations that trample the creative and expressive growth of our community's youth.
What type of fallacious argument is this?


straw man

false cause and effect statement

false premise

loaded language

When the author uses the phrase “ wasn’t commonly used” she means the term A- can be heard often B- has negative connotations C- is foreign D- seems incorrect

what idea does Kennedy call attention to through parallelism in lines 36-39?

(100 POINTS)
"Concrete Mixers" by Patricia Hubbell The drivers are washing the concrete mixers; Like elephant tenders they hose them down. Tough gray-skinned monsters standing ponderous, Elephant-bellied and elephant-nosed, Standing in muck up to their wheel-caps, Like rows of elephants, tail trunk. Their drivers perch on their backs like mahouts, Sending the sprays of water up. They rid the trunk-like trough of concrete, Direct the spray to the bulging sides, Turn and start the monsters moving. Concrete mixers Move like elephants Bellow like elephants Spray like elephants, Concrete mixers are urban elephants, Their trunks are raising a city.
Write a short essay in which you examine the figurative language in “Concrete Mixers.” Explain what the concrete mixers are compared to, what the parts of the mixers are compared to, and what the drivers of the mixers are compared to. Then, show how the comparisons are related. Use details from the poem in your response. Use the reading selection to help you answer the question.

what does the use of flashback accomplish in cranes novel, the red badge of courage

all of the following are excellent tips for preparing for standardized test except
A. Take advantage of a sample test
B. Don't worry about preparing for pretest
C. Devote time every week to study for the test
D. Spend extra time focusing on subjects that you feel less confident in

Which word is the indirect object in the sentence? Frank bought me a NASA guidebook for future reading

NEED HELP ASAP

Read this passage from Mrs. Charles Gulick, an anti-suffragist arguing against giving women the vote

Someone said recently: "A man must have a place to go from and to come to." In order to make him continue to want to go from and come to his home, there must be something there to make him look forward to the home-coming with pleasure as the reward of his labor. If this home is kept by a woman who cannot be at home often when most needed, who labors under the excitement of the political campaign, how long is he going to look forward to his home-coming? Of course, the answer to this is that most women would not spend any more time over politics than they do now. But if that is so, of what use will they be as voters, and why add a perfectly useless body of voters, when this addition to the electorate will mean an increase in the expenses of the government and consequently higher cost of living, already too high for the average family?

A student wrote the following claim about Mrs. Gulick’s argument. Which statement provides the most direct example of evidence from the passage to support the student’s claim?

Mrs. Gulick’s negative opinion of women voters is demonstrated by her condemnation of women who ignore their wifely duties.


A.Gulick admits that political campaigns are exciting events.


B.Gulick claims that the addition of women to the voting electorate will be too expensive for the government.


C.Gulick thinks that men need a place to go from and to come to and that women are the ones to provide that place.


D.Gulick thinks that women who vote will not be at home when their families need them and that the families will suffer.

Which of the following quotes indicates added text?
A) Don Tapscott said, "Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs...it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection."
B) Don Tapscott said, "Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs, [sic] also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection." C)Don Tapscott said, "Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs...it [the Internet] also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection."
D) Don Tapscott said, "Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection."

Which is an example of trochaic tetrameter? A. "Friends, Romans, countrymen" B. "Double, double, toil and trouble" C. "Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen" D. "If music be the food of love, play on"

Compare the summaries and select the most objective. A.The Wright brothers, like most families, believe in one another and help make their dream a reality. B.Wilbur and Orville, like most Americans, are full of curiosity that drives innovation. C.Wilbur and Orville Wright are the inspiration to those of us who dream of flying. D.The Wright brothers were the first to create a machine that lifted itself and carried a man into the air.

Can someone come up with a symbolism that represent smart

Which is a characteristic of a novel? Novels have only a few characters. Novels have simple, straightforward themes (and few of them). Novels are filled with great and specific detail. Novels always feature villianous characters.

definition of these words