Select the correct answer.Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. What is the tone of the opening passage?

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.

In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name "Mr. James Dillingham Young. "

The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.


A.
dissatisfied
B.
humorous
C.
sarcastic
D.
unhappy

For each of the following word groups, choose the connotation that fits each word: a positive, negative, or neutral. Each word will have at least one word flavor (connotation). proud, vain, conceited, self-assured
spinster, unmarried, career-minded, old maid
shack, house, mansion, residence, dump
happy, elated, ecstatic, content, pompous
talkative, verbose, friendly

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Read the excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad.She started talking about William Still and the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee. No one commented. No one asked any questions.

In this excerpt, which rhetorical appeal is Tubman attempting to use to convince people to continue?

Ethos, because she is using her own knowledge as a tool.
Pathos, because she is appealing to her audience’s needs.
Ethos, because she is appealing to their emotional needs.
Pathos, because she is using facts to convince her audience.

1. Which word best defines the word diminish? One would think his anxiety would diminish, not increase, once his name was called.a. mature
b. grow
c. lessen
d. begin

2. Read the paragraph from the novel The Giver.

With the chant, Jonas knew, the community was accepting him and his new role, giving him life, the way they had given it to the new child Caleb. His heart swelled with gratitude and pride. But at the same time, he was filled with fear. He did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become. Or what would become of him.

Which type of conflict is illustrated in the previous sentences?

a. character vs. self
b. character vs. nature
c. character vs. society
d. character vs. nature

3. The Chief Elder tells the assembled community that Jonas has all the qualities that they look for in a Receiver: Intelligence, Integrity, Courage, Wisdom, and the Capacity to See Beyond. The best description of the Capacity to See Beyond is

a. the ability to see and experience things others cannot.
b. the ability to see all the colors of the rainbow.
c. the ability to see things clearly, even when they are far away.
d. the ability to see things change in midair.

They seem to have been scolded by us...change into active voice​

Which sentence uses commas correctly? A. Sir would you show me, the way to the museum? B. Ms. O'Rourke is waiting outside, Mr. Martinez. C. Ride on over, Kelly and take these books to them. D. Wait Megan, we'll go to the library together.