When Gulliver learns to speak a bit of the Lilliputian language, what is the first thing Gulliver asks the emperor? A. He asks for a map. B. He asks for a ship. C. He asks for his freedom. D. He asks for some food.

Which additional word in the sentence should be capitalized? I asked dad for the answer to that riddle about the elephant and the peanut. A. Riddle B. Peanut C. Elephant D.

Read the paragraph. Sand dollars live on the seafloor. They eat plankton and crab larvae. They use spines and grippers on their body's surface to capture this food. Then tiny hairs transport the food to a central mouth on their bottom side.

In what way does "Song of Myself" reflect Whitman's brand of American epic poetry? A. Whitman celebrates godlike qualities. B. Whitman celebrates the common person. C. Whitman celebrates only nature. D Whitman features an untouchable hero

Which of the following can be used to set off nonessential parts of sentences?

Intense and extreme mean the same thing. These words are A) analogies. B) antonyms. C) homophones. D) synonyms.

Setting : The main characters' attitudes toward the setting of the story are primarily influenced by A. Horatio's experience seeing a ghost inside the house. B. Regan's fear that her cat is lost inside the house. C.

Which of the following sentences does not have a nominative absolute? Since water was plentiful, the lawns were green all summer. Water being plentiful, the lawns were green all summer.

Which of the following quotations from the talk illustrates hyperbole or intentional overstatement

What is the correct meaning of the word leisure? A good leisure activity is reading. A. quiet B. free time C. study time D. learning

Read these sentences from the passage: The sky above the high plateaus of Arizona fills with a blazing ball of fire. The air thins, and the ground trembles.