Naturalism and Society: Mastery Test

Based on structural elements, what type of expository text does this excerpt from a 1917 Congressional address by President Woodrow Wilson exemplify? I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

persuasive essay

Kim was an extremely bright student. She had a __________ memory and would always ace her quizzes. This ability stemmed from her ___________ reading habit.

prodigious voracious

Select the correct answer. In the excerpt from Jack London's "The Human Drift", the thesis statement is expressed in these sentences: Man early discovered death. As soon as his evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw. Which of these supporting premises reinforces the thesis statement? 1) Like a settler clearing weeds and forest bushes in order to plant corn, so man was compelled to clear all manner of life away in order to plant himself. 2) He devoted himself to the invention of killing devices before he discovered fire or manufactured for himself religion. 3) ever he has carried the battle wider and wider, until to-day not only is he a far more capable killer of men and animals than ever before, but he has pressed the battle home to the infinite and invisible hosts of menacing lives in the world of microorganisms. 4) And from the fear-stricken, jungle-lurking, cave-haunting creature of long ago, he won to empery over the whole animal world.

1, 2, and 3

Which of these excerpts follows the format of a persuasive essay?

I've Been to the Mountaintop

Which sentence correctly uses the word abysmal?

While breaking one pencil during the SATs is bad luck, breaking six pencils is downright abysmal.