Read this paragraph from the text:A major problem for the Allies was communication. Many of the code breakers from Japan had been educated in the United States, and they had learned to speak English well. They could crack the codes about U.S. battle plans even before the orders were sent to the American troops on the front lines. This meant lost battles, lost ground, and lost lives for the Americans.

How does this paragraph affect the text?

A.It speeds up the pacing by describing action.

b.It slows down the pacing by describing action.

C.It speeds up the pacing by offering background information.

D.It slows down the pacing by offering background information.

1 Which group of words in this sentenceis a clause?when World War II broke out, Beardenserved in the U.S. Army.A broke outB in the U.S. ArmyC served in the U.S. ArmyD When World War II broke out

Why does the moon appears to be different sizes

Based on this passage, Lady Bracknell most clearly places value on the importance of morality.
background.
manners.
appearances.

In 1613, what happened to the theater in which many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed? A.
It was bought by the Puritans.

B.
It burned to the ground.

C.
It was bought by Shakespeare himself.

D.
It was closed by Queen Elizabeth I.

Read the passage."Day of Infamy" Speech
by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American Island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.

It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.

Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya.

Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.

Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.

Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands.

Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.

Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our Nation.

As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.

But always will our whole Nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph- so help us God.

I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.

Part A

What is one of Roosevelt's purposes for delivering this speech?


to highlight the devastation Japanese forces have caused both in the Pacific and in Europe

to inform the American people of Japan's attack on the US and other places in the Pacific

to remind the American people that Japan is an avowed ally of Nazi Germany

to share specific information about America's plan to counterattack Japan's Pacific fleet
Part B

Which statement best explains how Roosevelt uses rhetoric to advance the purpose identified in Part A?


He uses false equivalency, likening the Japanese to the Nazis, to underscore the danger Japan poses to America.

He uses false equivalency, likening the attack on Pearl Harbor to the attack on Guam, to make Japan seem more dangerous than it really is.

He uses repetition, employing the phrase "last night" several times, to stress the number of coordinated attacks carried out by the Japanese.

He uses repetition, employing the word "attack" over and over, to inspire Americans to join the armed forces and aggressively take on the enemy.

Read the excerpt from "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and answer the question. [1] She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans. She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of Education. Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her; for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm serving them for birth or family, their natural delicacy, their instinctive elegance, their nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of rank, and put the slum girl on a level with the highest lady in the land. [2] She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and luxury. She suffered from the poorness of her house, from its mean walls, worn chairs, and ugly curtains. All these things, of which other women of her class would not even have been aware, tormented and insulted her. The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do the work in her little house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her mind. She imagined silent antechambers, heavy with Oriental tapestries, lit by torches in lofty bronze sockets, with two tall footmen in knee-breeches sleeping in large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth of the stove. She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming, perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other woman's envious longings. [3] When she sat down for dinner at the round table covered with a three-days-old cloth, opposite her husband, who took the cover off the soup-tureen, exclaiming delightedly: "Aha! Scotch broth! What could be better?" she imagined delicate meals, gleaming silver, tapestries peopling the walls with folk of a past age and strange birds in faery forests; she imagined delicate food served in marvelous dishes, murmured gallantries, listened to with an inscrutable smile as one trifled with the rosy flesh of trout or wings of asparagus chicken. How does the author use structure to give key details about the main character? By describing the main character's dreams about having luxurious riches By flashing forward to when the main character finally becomes wealthy By providing a resolution that shows how the main character pays for her greed By using a flashback to show when the main character had more money