Thinking activity 11.4 thinking critically

Read this passage from "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut: He tried to think a little about the ballerinas. They weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway.

In at least two hundred words, discuss the phrase "The ceremony of innocence is drowned." Explain what this phrase means and how it might apply to Things Fall Apart.

Is thrush a onomatopoeia

The short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is about a depressed woman who descends into psychosis as a result of a "rest cure" prescribed to her by her husband (who is a physician).

In "Shooting an Elephant," why does the subinspector call the narrator?

How does Jonathan's life compare to the lives of the camp officials and soldiers?

Overall, the effect of the dialogue used in this selection is to ... (from Black Boy)

Which sentence correctly uses a nominative case pronoun? A. Is that him on the sidewalk? B. Last night Jake and her ordered a pizza. C. On Tuesday, my best friend and her arrived at the airport. D. Karen and I joined a junior bowling league.

In "Exhalation," why had no other anatomist tried a brain dissection before the narrator's attempt?

Which sentence from "Nikola Tesla, Inventor" is not strictly factual?