Select each word grouping in which the two terms have similar denotations but slightly different nuances of meaning.

cheap/thrifty

showy/filthy

loud/quiet

interesting/

intriguing

cunning/smart

full/wide

Select all that apply to Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language. first to distinguish American and British Language 1828 1806 included more American idioms major contribution to lexicography

The author describes Sarah as feeling "bees stinging at her eyes and volcanoes erupting from her heart" to show A. the allergies Sarah feels. B. how alone Sarah feels in class. C. Sarah's upset stomach. D. how betrayal hurts Sarah.

Select the punctuation from the drop-down menu to correctly complete this sentence. Monique clutched the championship trophy and said "This one's for Karen!" Options: A; B: C,

Read excerpt 1 from "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! Read excerpt 2 from "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.

Which sentence best demonstrates the hostile relationship that Scrooge has with society at the beginning of A Christmas Carol? A. "Becoming immediately sensible of the impropriety, he poked the fire, and extinguished the last frail spark forever." B.

Which statement best captures Jerry's accomplishment in "Through the Tunnel"?

Why do Brutus and Cassius decide to continue their discussion in private? a) They do not wish the soldiers to hear their discourse. b) There is food and drink in the tent and they are both hungry.

Read these sentences from john gardner's grendel in which the main character introduces his life story. talking, talking, spinning a spell, pale skin of words that closes me in like a coffin. not in a language that anyone any longer understands.

Choose the sentence below in which of is used correctly. A. The three girls might of broken the records. B. we should of left early. C. The boys surrendered, but they should of fought. D. The bird flew north of the beach

Wordsworth is best known for saying "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful what is the rest of this