Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.

"The housemaster, Mr. Wordsworth, sat behind his desk with an appearance of perplexity and (apprehension)."

anxiety

confidence

puzzlement

weariness

Why is a cocoon that produces a live silk moth useless to the silk farmer?

Gandhi and King were both advocates of nonviolence, yet both were assassinated. This is an example of A. allusion. B. irony. C. hyperbole. D. oxymoron.

Which sentence is the correctly written simple sentence? A. A tornado is a violent storm, and it forms from a rotating column of air. B. A tornado is a violent storm; it forms from a rotating column of air. C.

Which statement is not a similarity between Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King? A) Poe and King wrote nonfiction about the writer's craft ... B) Poe and King received critical acclaim for their work ... C) Poe and King were born in the 1900s ...

Match each type of character with the correct description. antagonist round flat opposes the protagonist Static does not change over the course of a story a one-dimensional character a complex, well-developed character

Dame and Monsieur Curie won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. change to passive voice

What causes Stacey to call Cassie "cracked"?

What types of information can you obtain from reading a map

Which is an important element of Gothic fiction? A. Supernatural events B. The absence of heroes C. Terror-filled dream sequences D. A focus on science

In honor of Best Friends Day, I was given a necklace. What is the form of the underlined verb? subjunctive active imperative passive