What does an author hope to illustrate in a piece of literature by using a motif?

A.

characters

B.

symbolism

C.

theme

D.

setting

Defined the word sports and is used in the poem support your definition with evidence from the text

A stated comparison using like or as is called

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." Oh God! what could I do? I foamed-I raved-I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased.

Which of the following sentences contains a possessive pronoun A. the voice on the recording is mine B. we ate peaches fresh from the tree C. did I tell you about the movie D. everyone except Ben has eaten

how do you weighed 100 lbs and your friend weighed 75 lbs, how far would both of you need to sit from the center to be balanced on a seesaw?

Which word from the sentence below is an adverb? Lily hunched over her English paper and began to write vigorously so that she could note her every thought.

In "Sympathy," by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the bird beats his wings against the bars and sings for freedom. This symbolizes those who fight oppression and never give up. True or False

Read the excerpt from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." The past and present wilt-I have fill'd them, emptied them, And proceed to fill my next fold of the future.

Look up OK in your dictionary. OK (or okay) is a distinctly American term. What is its supposed origin?

8. What is the most effective way to combine sentences 8 and 9? (8) Bottled water may be attractively packaged. (9) It is simply processed tap water. A) Bottled water may be attractively packaged, but it is simply processed tap water.