ead the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis." There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle. One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die. It was covered with a film of Paris green sprinkled to kill the rats, and screech owls had built a nest inside it. Doodle studied the mahogany box for a long time, then said, "It’s not mine." "It is," I said. "And before I’ll help you down from the loft, you’re going to have to touch it." What symbol is described in this excerpt, and what does it represent?

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What symbol is described in this excerpt, and what does it represent?

A. the owls, which symbolize knowledge and wisdom.

B. the nest, which symbolizes home and family.

C. the rats, which symbolize cruelty and sadness.

D. the casket, which symbolizes the loss of Doodle.

Answer:

The symbol and its representation is:

D. the casket, which symbolizes the loss of Doodle.

Explanation:

James Hurst was an American novelist born in North Carolina in 1922. He published the short story "The Scarlet Ibis" in 1960.

Doodle is just a little boy but he has an incredibly sad story. He was born with serious health problems, so no one ever thought he would live long. In the passage we are analyzing here, the narrator, who is Doodle's older brother, is showing Doodle his casket. A casket is an obvious representation of death, and quite a strong predictor of what is to come later in the story. Doodle does not accept the casket as his, but it seems that he hasn't got much of a choice. Everyone already expects him to die.

Select the transition word or phrase that best fills the blank.
Required voting will make more Americans vote.
____ it will force
candidates to appeal to a wider range of voters instead of just
focusing on the ones who are most likely to vote.
A. That said
B. On the other hand,
C. Furthermore,
D. For example

Read Josh's draft.
Floating Entertainment
During the mid-19th century, before television or movies existed, people enjoyed forms of entertainment that are no longer common today.
For example, people who lived in areas along the Mississippi River that were far from large cities depended on showboats. Showboats were boats
on which plays were performed
An actor named William Chapman was the first person to build a showboat. He called his showboat the "Floating Theater." Actors lived on
the boat and traveled along the river. The showboat stopped at small towns to perform plays.
Showboats were very popular but were discontinued when the Civil War began in 1861. They became popular again in the late 1870s.
However, by the early 1900s, many settlements along the Mississippi had grown into larger towns with dance halls and movie theaters. As a result,
Mississippi showboats began to lose their appeal. By 1910, people were heading to movie theaters big time.
Josh wants to revise his last sentence.
Is Josh's decision to revise his last sentence correct?
O 1. No, because the information in the sentence provides a strong conclusion,
O 2. No, because the information in the sentence is essential to the topic's main idea.
O 3
Yes, because the sentence includes a factual statement instead of a personal opinion.
4. Yes, because the sentence contains slang and differs in style from the rest of the draft.
Question #4
Language 2-12 CA 2010

Read the following lines from The Early History of the Airplane.

"It was not till several months had passed, and every phase of the problem had been thrashed over and over, that the various reactions began to untangle themselves."

What words indicate a tone of frustration?

several months, problem, thrashed
thrashed, untangle
every phase, thrashed, reactions
several months, every phase

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a. The company will hire new workers after the pandemic.
b. The customer was being helped by the salesman.
c. The workers repaired the potholes last week.
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