study guide for 3rd block english

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to part A?

"I can drive the chariot just like you, Father!" Phaeton boasted, and he nagged and badgered until Phoebus finally let him take over the chariot one day.

One central idea from the passage is that "travel by train lets you really see America." Which detail best supports this assertion?

Instead of looking at boring clouds for the whole trip, you can view the scenery...

Which statement best expresses a main theme of the passage?

It is unwise and dangerous to be overconfident.

How does this depiction of the scene differ from the lines of the play?

It shows that Antigone is conflicted about whether to bury her brother.

In which expert from the passage does the author most clearly use logical reasoning to make his or her argument persuasive?

Most long-distance trains offer meals in dining cars, and many have observation cars with large glass windows from which you can view the scenery.

in the third paragraph, when Grayson refers to "the Street" to what is he referring?

New York's wall street, the center of U.S. business investment.

The word points has several meanings. Using context clues, choose the most likely meaning of the underlined word points in the text.

Particular positions, locations, or places

From the details in the passage, what can you infer about the civilization and era that produced the story of phoebus and phaeton?

People in that time and place traveled by horse and carriage.

In what way is Ismene different from Antigone?

She is a more timid person.

Which sentence from the passage best expresses its main idea?

Yes, indeed, for a trip that is both relaxing and eye-opening, nothing beats the train.

part B which words or phrases from the passage best supports the answer to part A?

[W]e choose to go to the moon... and do the other tbh vs, both because they are easy, gf because they are hard.

Which excerpt best supports the author's claim that by train is more eye-opening than travel by train?

[Y]ou pull in at six in the morning and spot the famous sight of boot hill out the window..

Which element of drama always gives the audience information about a characters private thoughts?

a soliloquy

based on your knowledge of the latin suffix -ive, what part of speech is the word regressive?

adjective

which sound device does this sentence illustrate?

alliteration

how do details in the passage characterize the thinking machine?

as a logical, scientific detective

i wouldn't want to hamper your ability to learn to drive. the word hamper has more than one meaning. what resource would you sue to make sure the word hamper is being h used correctly in this sentence?

college-level dictionary

in the declaration of independence, Thomas Jefferson outlined some of the basic liberties we take for granted today "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." which punctuation should be between the underlined words in this sentence?

colon

in the play a young woman encounters a prince dressed as a beggar. the audience knows that he is a prince; the young woman does not. which literary technique does this situation illustrate?

dramatic irony

which part of the story's plot does this passage most likely represent?

exposition

Judging from the dialogue, choose the most likely reason Antigone has for her decision in this passage.

family loyalty

which word best describes the tone of this passage from " The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe?

grim

how did president Kennedy appeal to the American peoples emotions to get them behind the plan to go to the moon?

he appealed to Americans' ambition to be the first in everything

part A how does president Kennedy use the underlined questions in paragraph 2 to further his argument?

he asks the questions because he wants to address the audiences concerns.

which sentence is punctuated correctly?

i went to the mall; it was closed for renovations.

What chief emotions about the sea does the poem's speaker express?

joy and exhilaration

Which statement best paraphrases the figurative language in the final two lines of the poem?

life on the sea is the best life for me

with which phrase from the third paragraph does Kennedy use contrast to make his point?

not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

which sentence contains a relative clause?

people who left their homeland became exiles.

Which type of figurative language do lines 5-6 illustrate?

personification

Which meaning of the word road applies to its use in this sentence from paragraph five of the passage?

railroad

which sentence uses infinitive and infinites phrases as a noun?

she wanted to revise the scrips before submitting it.

to which senses do the images in these lines mainly appeal?

sight and hearing

according to the chart, what did the federal government spend the most money on in 2015?

social security

Think about the details in this passage. What seems to be Antigone's tragic flaw?

stubborness

what is the most likely prediction about what will happen later in the story?

the thinking machine will found out the cause of the leak.

read between the lines. what do he details on this passage most likely suggest about Grayson's business deals?

they are dishonest and perhaps illegal

part A based on the context of the surrounding sentences in the first paragraph, what is the most likely meaning of the underlined word? part B which phrase from the surrounding sentences gives the best clue to the definition from part A?

to not succeed. this generation does not intend.

in which lines from the text does Kennedy use parallelism to connect space exploration with American values?

we set said on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won..

my brother was annoyed that the construction noise outside our house was so loud. which of the underlined words in the sentences below has a more negative connotation than annoyed?

when Amelia learned that her sister has her diary, she was furious.

i'm which sentence does this word snow function as the object of a preposition?

when i dropped my ring into the snow, i panicked.

which of these is a compound sentence?

you may come to the game, but it doesn't start until nine o' clock