As you read the story summary below, try to identify the author’s purpose for writing the story.
On an intolerably hot August day, an artist draws a sketch from imagination. The picture shows a criminal who has just been sentenced in court and appears devastated by the verdict. Later, the artist goes for a walk in the unrelenting heat and wanders into the workshop of a stonemason. To his dismay, the stonemason looks exactly like the criminal in his sketch. Even more shocking, the model headstone that the stonemason has been carving bears the name of the artist and the current day’s date. Shaken by the coincidences, the men agree that the artist should stay put until midnight to avoid any possible accidents outside. The story ends with the two men sitting in silence as the stonemason sharpens his tools in August heat that is “enough to send a man mad.”
Which of the following describes the author’s most likely purpose?
A. to warn that men should not handle sharp tools in extreme conditions
B. to convince the reader that August heat can drive people insane
C. to explore the concept of fate while creating a mood of horror
D. to explore a situation in which an artist has been driven mad by heat

Answer: C. to explore the concept of fate while creating a mood of horror .

Explanation: The author explores the concept of fate by setting up a situation in which one man seems predestined to kill another against his will. The story builds to a mood of quiet horror.

P.D. Hope this helps!

Answer:

to explore the concept of fate while creating a mood of horror

Explanation:

It was right for my english quiz. These were the options:

A. to explore the concept of fate while creating a mood of horror

B. to explore a situation in which an artist has been driven mad by heat

C. to warn that men should not handle sharp tools in extreme conditions

D. to convince the reader that August heat can drive people insane

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Which step in the writing process focuses on the bigger picture, such as changes to the order or your paragraphs?
A. Prewriting
B. Revising
C. Drafting
D. Editing

Learning Task 7. Find a Philippine news article about C O V I D 19 Copy and/or
paste it in your notebook. Then, write a 3-5 sentence summary about the news
article read.​

What is President Lincoln's claim in The Emancipation Proclamation?Immersive Reader The North and South should reunite peacefully The Emancipation Proclamation is essential to helping the Union win the war The North has a responsibility to protect newly freed slaves Southern states would be allowed to join congress if they surrendered

Which part of the excerpt best demonstrates that the
author's purpose is to entertain children with a humorous
story?
O "In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved,
there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the
starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and
the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate,
and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really
truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all
the sea he ate with his mouth-so!"
"Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the
sea, and he was a small 'Stute Fish, and he swam a
little behind the Whale's right ear, so as to be out of
harm's way. Then the Whale stood up on his tail and
said, 'I'm hungry."

In Jerry Kaplan's book titled "Humans Need Not Apply" he is referring to the future
a. based on his view as an expert in the tech world.
b. based on his view as a professor in a prestigious university.
c. based on his knowledge of all the surveys he had conducted.
d. based on what he learned from his professors when he was a student.​

What is the tone of the quote “In their consequences these events have terrified–have tortured–have destroyed me.”

Read the following introduction from an essay. It's an age-old debate:
Cat or dog? Which makes the better pet? According to the American Humane Association, there are more cats (64.1 million) than dogs (63.8 million) in the US. But because people often own more than one cat, dog households outnumber cat households. Because dogs are loyal, show more affection, and are easier to teach, they make better pets than cats.

Which of the following sentences from the paragraph is the writer’s thesis statement?


A =“According to the American Humane Association, there are more cats (64.1 million) than dogs (63.8 million) in the US.”

B=“Because dogs are loyal, show more affection, and are easier to teach, they make better pets than cats.”

C=“It's an age-old debate: Cat or dog?”

D="But because people often own more than one cat, dog households outnumber cat households."

3.13 Unit Test
From Unit 3, choose ONE literary device for each story, and provide evidence in the form of a quote or example from each story in the chart below. You may also complete this on a separate document if you have trouble editing this table. *Note- Try to find examples for at least 4 of the 5 literary devices below!
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Theme
Symbolism
Flashback

Story Literary Device Evidence
About Russell
Mother Tongue
This is what is means to say Phoenix, Arizona
Daystar
My Fathers Song
Birthright

What is Galileo reluctant to share his discoveries

Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson 1". Ellery hurried down West 92nd Street toward the main entrance of Henry Hudson High School stealing guilty glances at his watch. Miss Carpenter had been crisply specific about place, date, and time: her homeroom, 109; Friday morning, April 22nd; first period ("Bell at 8:40, Mr. Queen"). How does the author's word choice help express the tone of the excerpt? The negative connotations of the words "hurried," "guilty," and "crisply" give the excerpt a tone of freedom. The negative connotations of the words "hurried," "guilty," and "crisply" give the excerpt a tone of pressure. The positive connotations of the words "toward," "entrance," and "morning" give the excerpt a tone of freedom. The positive connotations of the words "toward," "entrance," and "morning" give the excerpt a tone of pressure.

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**It's about culinary art: baking, pastry, and more!!**​​​

Select the italicized word that is not capitalized correctly.

Uncle Fred has always been an active member of the democratic Party in Dallas County.

A.
Uncle
B.
democratic
C.
Party
D.
County

Interpret President Bush’s quotation: “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” You will first prepare for this writing by working through the steps for writing.

3
What is the BEST way to combine the information in the two clauses below?
Whenever Lucia visited her cousins. Her youngest cousin, Alexa, followed her all over the place.
A. Whenever Lucia visited her cousins, her youngest cousin, Alexa, followed her all over the place.
B
Whenever Lucia visited her cousins her youngest cousin, Alexa, followed her all over the place.

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4. What connection does Dickinson make between nature and humans in the poem beginning "The sky is low, the clouds are mean"?
O Nature, like humans, is beautiful even when angry.
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Nature, like humans, experiences cycles of renewal.
Nature, like humans, is deadly when disrespected.
O Nature, like humans, can be irritable and depressed.

Read the sentence from Roller Coaster Physics.
Friction eventually causes the energy reservoir built by the lift hill to be entirely spent.
What is the BEST meaning of the word spent as it is used in this text?
A.
consumed
B.
lost
C.
paid out
D.
weary
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Which two sentences in these excerpts from Kate Chopin’s “The Locket” reflect the theme of holding on to love despite time and distance.

The letter had made Edmond heart sick and home sick. He stretched himself on his back and looked straight up at the blinking stars. But he was not thinking of them nor of anything but a certain spring day when the bees were humming in the clematis; when a girl was saying goodbye to him. He could see her as she unclasped from her neck the locket which she fastened about his own. It was an old fashioned golden locket bearing miniatures of her father and mother with their names and the date of their marriage. It was her most precious earthly possession.

…

Octavie wore a plain black dress, severe in its simplicity. A narrow belt held it at the waist and the sleeves were gathered into close fitting wristbands. She had discarded her hoopskirt and appeared not unlike a nun. Beneath the folds of her bodice nestled the old locket. She never displayed it now. It had returned to her sanctified in her eyes; made precious as material things sometimes are by being forever identified with a significant moment of one's existence.

…

Octavie felt as if she had passed into a stage of existence which was like a dream, more poignant and real than life. There was the old gray house with its sloping eaves. Amid the blur of green, and dimly, she saw familiar faces and heard voices as if they came from far across the fields, and Edmond was holding her. It was as if the spirit of life and the awakening spring had given back the soul to her youth and bade her rejoice.

Which of the following combinations of rhetorical techniques is the best way
to appeal to an audience?
A. With just cold facts and figures
B. With emotion, logic, and character
C. With insincere concern and flattery
D. With rage, anger, and passion

In the space provided, draft a conclusion about the civil war.

Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone. Near the entrance to the long, high-ceilinged room stand two magnificent granite statues of Pharaoh Amenophis III, who ruled Egypt about 1400 B.C. Farther on is a colossal head of Pharaoh Ramesses II dating back to 1250 B.C. And beyond it, resting on a simple base, is a slab of black basalt, a colossal rock. Which words in the excerpt best show that Giblin thinks the room is important? entrance and room long and high-ceilinged magnificent and colossal simple and slab

HELP!!!!!!! PLEASE THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION ON A TEST DUE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
By analyzing an author’s use of epigraphs, we can determine his or her ____

A. conclusion

B. Vernacular

C. Mood

D. Purpose

why quran is more inpotant than the hadith ???

In late spring, a team of students began conducting an investigation about the flower preferences of bees. They counted the number of bees that visited each of four kinds of wildflower in two hours, and produced the following table. Plant Species Number of Bees Visiting in Two Hours Dandelion 13 Indian paintbrush 8 Queen Anne’s lace 20 Thistle 29 The team planned to plot the data in a multiple line graph to compare the number of bees that visited each flower. Which statement best describes the data in this investigation?
A. The data would be more accurate if she carried out all the observations in one day so weather conditions would be constant.
B. The data would be more valid if she made the observations daily for two months.
C. The data she collected is inaccurate because the investigation is not repeatable.
D. The data she collected cannot be plotted in a line graph because it is qualitative.

Pages 6-7 and identify the center idea of these paragraphs. Explain what you learned about Wes and Nikki's names

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Metaphors/similes for chocolate

What was Nazi propaganda?

8. Which word is an antonym for outcome?
A result
B. climax
C. origin
D. dénouement

nswer the following questions.
Why did Pyotr's friend ask for a stag party?​

Read the following sentence.

She ran towards them her hat flew off her curls bounced as she charged toward the soldiers trying to invade her home.

What type of error does this example contain?

A. A misplaced participial phrase
B. A fragment missing a subject
C. A fragment missing a verb
D. A run-on sentence