What is the main purpose of the following sentence? First, the clown smashed a pie on his face, and then he slipped on a banana.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: 1. Name one rhetorical device used. 2. Give a specific example from the speech of that device.

Finally I heard my mother's name called; she rose and began weeping so copiously that she could not talk for a few moments;

When the speaker in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" hears tapping on his door, he hesitates. Why does he wait before opening the door?

In a sentence, the words "down the stairs" would be a: a: prepositional phrase b: restrictive phrase c: verb phrase

What does "how do people express opinions in meaningful ways" mean?

Which excerpt from Frankenstein best supports this theme?

Which is a fused sentence? A. Juanito likes to play drums that he makes out of old cans. B. I enjoy playing video games because they are so exciting. C. My dad doesn't have a hobby he is too busy working. D.

Which word best describes an effective claim in a literary analysis? assertive emotional factual supportable

Daisy Miller Which of the following could be considered to be Winterbourne's tragic flaw? He falls in love too easily. He is too devoted to his aunt to court a lover. He is judgmental and believes everything he hears. He is stiff and unfriendly.

How would you convince someone that the concept of "fairness" is an important one