Homophones are words that A. sound alike but have different meanings. B. are spelled differently but have the same meanings. C. are spelled alike but have different meanings. D. sound different but have the same meanings.

Why is Darry so strict with Ponyboy? A. He doesn't like Ponyboy. B. He doesn't like being in charge. C. He wants Ponyboy to be successful. D. He wants Ponyboy to become a Soc.

Which word is a name for the scale used to measure temperature in the metric system? A. bisect B. centigrade C. decimal D. quatrain

What are three questions you might ask yourself as you attempt to relate a text to your own experiences?

Ben smiled as the sun's rays shimmered through the window and lit up the room drawing open the curtains. What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence? A. lit up the room B. as the sun's rays shimmered C. drawing open the curtains D.

Correct ten errors. One of the most popular American poems, "The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe was published on January 29, 1845. Once upon a midnight dreary, "the poem begins. That poem braught fame to it's author, but it did not bring riches.

The privileges of office give incumbents advantages over their challengers in elections. use context clues to select the correct meaning of the underlined technical term. A. political party leaders B. current elected officials C. former candidates D.

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The meteorologist considered the impending storm dangerous. Which word in the sentence functions as an objective complement?

Who are two well known lesser gods?

Read these lines from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.