The office's boisterous celebration, full of cheering, shouting, and laughter, caused other businesses on the same

floor to shut their doors.

The word "boisterous" most likely means

corporate.

rowdy.

scandalous.

tiresome.

Which lines in this excerpt from the poem "A Political Reverie" by Mary Otis Warren imply that America was an oppressed and exploited nation?

Which author is the most credible and reliable? A. An anonymous author. B. An author who uses lots of details and statistics. C. An author who uses statistics and cites his or her sources. D. An author who attended an excellent college.

In the poem "When Giving Is All We Have" Alberto Rios, what figures of speech are included (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, allusion, etc.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, is that an onomatopoeia in Caged Bird by maya angelou

What is the degree of comparison of the underlined modifier? Suzanne is a gifted ballet dancer. A. positive B. superlative C. comparative

Which of the following is one purpose of an introduction? Select the best answer from the choices provided. A. bring the essay to a close B. give supporting details C. move the reader from one thought to another D. No answer is correct.

Which line of "The Lady of Shalott" best supports "a curse is on her, if she stay"? A. "No time hath she to sport and play" B. "She knows not what the curse may be" C. "Therefore she weaveth steadily" D. "Therefore no other care hath she"

Read this sentence from the speech. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.

Ursula decided that she wanted a new bicycle for her birthday because her current bicycle needed some repairs. How many prepositional phrases are in the sentence above? A. 4 B. 3 C. 1 D. 2

11. Identify the word or words modified by the () adjectival clause. " Jill is wearing earrings (that have gold posts) " A. Jill B. Is C. Wearing D. Earrings