Careful comparisons to others can help you to develop your self-concept because __________.a.
comparisons help you to see your strengths and weaknesses
b.
comparisons help you to develop unrealistic expectations for yourself
c.
comparisons help you to feel superior to others around you
d.
comparisons help you to identify people to communicate with

Select an acceptable pronoun to complete this sentence. The committee piled ______ coats and hats on a chair and started to work.

9. Read these lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses.” “It little profits that an idle king,/By this still hearth, among these barren crags,/Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole/Unequal laws unto a savage race,/That horde, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.” Which of the following is the speaker lamenting in the passage above?
the long­-ago death of his wife
a lack of true fulfillment in his life
living in a constant state of danger
the degree of authority he is forced to wield

Which of the following is the most valid statement? A. Writing a research paper is a process requiring organization, critical reading, thoughtful analysis, and formal composition. B. Writing a research paper involves creating sets of note cards based on randomly chosen information related to a particular topic. C. A research paper can be written in any tone or voice as long as it uses and cites evidence. D. A research paper is a way of putting others' ideas into your own words without any unique perspective on a topic.

There was nothing I could do to save Oscar. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. So I lay down on the floor beside him and patted his head and whispered his name for hours. Then Dad came home from wherever and had one of those long talks with Mom and they decided something without me. And then Dad pulled down his rifle and bullets from the closet. “Junior,” he said, “Carry Oscar outside.” “No!” I screamed “He’s suffering,” Dad said. “We have to help him.” “You can’t do it!” I shouted. I wanted to punch my dad in the face. I wanted to punch him in the nose and make him bleed. I wanted to punch him in the eye and make him blind. I wanted to kick him in the balls and make him pass out. I was hot mad. Volcano mad. Tsunami mad. Dad just looked down on me with the saddest look in his eyes. He was crying. He was weak. I wanted to hate him for his weakness. I wanted to hate Dad and Mom for our poverty. I wanted to blame them for my sick dog and for all the other sickness in the world. But I can’t blame my parents for our poverty because my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world would EXPLODE without them. And it’s not like my mother and father were born into wealth. It’s not like they gamble away their family fortunes. My parents came from poor people, who came from poor people who came from poor people, all the way back to the very first poor people. Adam and Eve covered their privates with fig leaves; the first Indians covered their privates with their tiny hands.1) The word weak connects to which word in the passage? A) crying B) mom C) mad D) poverty

2)This passage includes all of the following EXCEPT A) parallel structure B) shifts in point of view C) sentence fragments D) figurative language

What feature does not exist in a formal essay

The following question refers to “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez.1. Which of the following BEST describes how the narrator feels when Captain Torres walks into his shop?
A.flattered
B.nervous
C.uninterested
D.embarrassed

The following question refers to “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez.

2. Which of the following quotes from the story gives the BEST explanation for the narrator’s final decision?
A. “My fate hangs on the edge of this razor blade.”
B. “ . . . I am a painstaking barber.”
C. “ . . . I’m shaking like a regular murderer.”
D. “ . . . I am only a barber. Each one to his job.”

The following question refers to “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez.

3. Read the sentence from the story and answer the question below.
The lather was drying on his face. I must hurry. . . . The razor kept descending.
Denotative meaning of descending: coming down or downward
Considering the circumstances of the story, how does the connotative meaning of descending affect the mood of the story?
A.The positive and loving connotative meaning of descending helps create a romantic mood.
B.The negative and dangerous connotative meaning of descending helps create a suspenseful mood.
C.The neutral and balanced connotative meaning of descending helps create a calm mood.
D.The negative and depressing connotative meaning of descending helps create a somber mood.

4. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A.We cannot trust the narrator because he is telling the story from his point of view.
B.Torres does not lie to the barber even though he knows the barber’s connection to the revolutionaries.
C.We are never told whether the revolutionaries are fighting for good or against good.
D.The barber acts on impulse when deciding whether or not to kill Torres.

What is the narrator's point of view in the passage below?

5. Patty and Joyce thought that being roommates in college would be great since they were best friends in high school. Unfortunately, when they arrived, things did not go quite as well as they had hoped.
A.first-person
B.third-person (omniscient)
C.third-person (limited)
D.second-person