The Taliban government could not withstand coalition airstrikes and fell quickly. True or False?

Captain Ahab is Melville's chief character in Moby Di (k. -true -false

what are the three areas in which you should enhance the diction to engage the reader?

Write a paragraph analyzing how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses argument techniques to achieve his purpose in his speech "I Have a Dream"

Which of these excerpts from Pepys's The Fire of London most clearly indicates that the work is a first-person account? A. "Extraordinary good goods carried in carts ... " B.

1. clause a group of words that includes a subject and a verb 2. convention a group of words that make up part of a sentence 3. phrase the arrangement of words or phrases in a sentence 4. syntax a widely accepted usage or way of thinking

What is the author satirizing in this passage? I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.

Revise the following sentences to improve clarity and precision. Use your imagination to add appropriate words. Example: They said it was a long way off. Revision Management officials announced that the merger would not take place for two years. 47.

Write a paragraph that answers the questions below. Include at least two details or examples. In "The Literature of the Americas," Kimberly Koza writes: "By discovering the literature of our neighbors, we may also learn about ourselfs.

Which of the following is a complete sentence 1. Even when the temperatures improved 2. Because I had not slept for two nights. 3. Although Henry was unusually tall. 4. Since she was hungry, she had a snack.

We learn more from our failures than from our successes. Write a persuasive paragraph in which you agree or disagree. State your opinion and support it with reasoning. Use language that will appeal to your readers' reason and emotions.