English III B

Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea.It is unbelievable how fast people adapt. It hurts to admit it, but within hours of first breathing the cattle car's nauseating air, we began to feel at home. 'Home' was the edge of the wooden plank I sat on as I dreamed of the Jewish exiles of antiquity and the Middle Ages. More curious than afraid, I thought of myself as their brother. Mixed into my sadness there was undeniable excitement, for we were living a historic event, a historic adventure.Which best describes the author at this point in his life? He comprehends the situation but is trying to remain optimistic. He reveals the torment he feels while riding the train to the unknown. He is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening. He is troubled by how quickly the others have accepted the current condition.

He is too young and naive to truly understand what is happening.

ead the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066."I tell her she's going bald. She tells me I copy on tests.We're best friends.Read the excerpt from "Mericans." "Girl. We can't play with a girl." Girl. It's my brother's favorite insult now instead of "sissy." "You girl," they yell at each other. "You throw that ball like a girl."Which theme best describes the two passages? In all cultures, children playfully engage in complicated games to prove their strength and intelligence. In all cultures, children playfully taunt one another. In all cultures, children engage in sibling rivalry. In all cultures, children playfully engage in proving that one gender is better than the other.

In all cultures, children playfully taunt one another.

Read the sentence.In chapter three, Joseph feels confused about the way things happened at the court house.Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary? Joseph is confused that things happened as they did at the court house in chapter three. In chapter three, the reader learns that Joseph feels weird about the way events happened at the court house. Joseph feels some confusion about the way things occurred at the court house in chapter three. In chapter three, the reader learns that Joseph feels confused about the events that occurred at the court house.

In chapter three, the reader learns that Joseph feels confused about the events that occurred at the court house.

Read the excerpt from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own."He held the pose for almost fifty seconds and then he picked up his box and came on to the porch and dropped down on the bottom step. "Lady," he said in a firm nasal voice, "I'd give a fortune to live where I could see me a sun do that every evening."Keeping in mind the ending of the story, which best describes the irony of Mr. Shiftlet's statement? Mr. Shiftlet does not need a fortune, as he places no value on financial wealth or the security of having a permanent home. Instead of staying at the plantation, where he can see sunsets like these for the rest of his life, he runs away with Mrs. Crater's car and money. According to Mrs. Crater, the sun sets like this every evening, and if he stays at the plantation, Mr. Shiftlet will see this regularly. No amount of money can ensure that an individual will witness a sunset to equal this one and will see it every single day.

Instead of staying at the plantation, where he can see sunsets like these for the rest of his life, he runs away with Mrs. Crater's car and money.

What is one of the main implicit messages of "Allegory of the Cave"? The reality and perception of life are the same thing. Observing reality is like seeing shadows of objects on a wall. When seeking truth, most people remain imprisoned. Knowledge and truth are gained when people think beyond what they see.

Knowledge and truth are gained when people think beyond what they see.

Which incident taken from O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" is the best example of irony? Lucynell Crater falls asleep in the diner before she has a chance to eat her food, and she is left there by her husband. Mrs. Crater gives her car to Mr. Shiftlet in hopes that he will marry her one and only daughter. Mrs. Crater thinks she is gaining a son-in-law, when in fact Mr. Shiftlet takes her car, her money, and abandons her daughter at a diner. Mr. Shiftlet appears at the plantation house and explains that even the best doctors cannot know what is in his heart.

Mrs. Crater thinks she is gaining a son-in-law, when in fact Mr. Shiftlet takes her car, her money, and abandons her daughter at a diner.

Read the excerpt from Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea.No, let us go no further. Decency and custom forbid it. I said it earlier, when speaking of my grandfather: In Jewish tradition a man's death belongs to him alone. Let the gas chambers remain closed to prying eyes, and to the imagination. We will never know all that happened behind those doors of steel.Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman's Maus. Which theme is addressed in both excerpts? Inexperience can sometimes lead to misunderstanding. It's important to follow tradition regardless of circumstance. Some truths are too difficult to fathom if one has not experienced them. There are times when one must be able to see in order to believe.

Some truths are too difficult to fathom if one has not experienced them.

Read the sentence.The speaker of Okita's poem tries to present herself in ways that have little to do with her customs.Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary? The speaker of Okita's poem has a go at painting herself in ways that have little to do with her background. The speaker of Okita's poem has a crack at describing herself in ways that have little to do with her stock. The speaker of Okita's poem makes an effort to show herself in ways that have little to do with her family. The speaker of Okita's poem attempts to characterize herself in ways that have little to do with her heritage.

The speaker of Okita's poem attempts to characterize herself in ways that have little to do with her heritage.

Which accurately describes a contrast between Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea and Art Spiegelman's graphic novel, Maus? Wiesel's narrative is a nonfiction account of the Holocaust, whereas Spiegelman's novel is a fictional account. Wiesel's work relies on the memories of others, whereas Spiegelman's account relies on the memories of one person. Wiesel's story includes his thoughts and feelings, whereas Spiegelman's novel illustrates his father's horrific experiences. Wiesel's writing is loosely based on his own experiences, whereas Spiegelman's narrative is purely imaginative.

Wiesel's story includes his thoughts and feelings, whereas Spiegelman's novel illustrates his father's horrific experiences.

Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby.Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere, the great wet barnyard of Long Island Sound. They were not perfect ovals—like the egg in the Columbus story, they are both crushed flat at the contact end—but their physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual confusion to the gulls that fly overhead. To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size. I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.The use of words such as "fashionable," "superficial," "bizarre," and "sinister" provide a truthful and vivid description of the West Egg and East Egg. a sense of artificiality in the world the narrator finds himself in. an idea of mischief that surrounds the narrator and his friends. a meaningful portrayal of life on the Long Island Sound in the 1920s.

a sense of artificiality in the world the narrator finds himself in.

When analyzing an allegory, what is one thing a reader should look for while considering a character's traits? clothing actions obstacles motives

clothing

Read the excerpt from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.The silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight, and turning my head to watch it, I saw that I was not alone—fifty feet away a figure had emerged from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion and was standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars. Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens. The appearance of Gatsby from the shadows suggests that he prefers to go out at night. he is very busy during daytime hours. he prefers to be left alone. he is a man of mystery and secrets.

he is a man of mystery and secrets.

When analyzing an allegory, what should a reader look for while considering a character's goals? motives for their actions names of the characters objects and appearances challenges and obstacles

motives for their actions

Read the passage from "Allegory of the Cave." Socrates: And now, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: - Behold! human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets. What is the purpose of describing human beings as living in an underground den? to show that many people live their lives in terrible physical conditions to use imagery to suggest that people are trapped by their perceptions and prevented from understanding reality to show that people depend on others like the players to describe reality to use imagery to show that people must change their governments to escape their misunderstanding of reality

to use imagery to suggest that people are trapped by their perceptions and prevented from understanding reality

Read the excerpt from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own.""A body and a spirit," he repeated. "The body, lady, is like a house: it don't go anywhere; but the spirit, lady, is like a automobile: always on the move, always . . ."This excerpt contains one simile. two metaphors. two similes. one case of irony.

two similes.