Select the best description for the statement: He excelled at most sports, but for some reason basketball was his Achilles' heel.

What literary term is "blood red were his spurs in the golden noon"

Which sentence is punctuated correctly? If it rains on Saturday, Hillary's baseball game will be canceled, and Jake's basketball game will take place in the gym.

The words geology, georgic, and geode share a common root word. Based on that root word, what do all three words have in common? A. Earth B. Maps C. Rocks D. School

Who is the speaker in siren song? A. Homer B. One of the men whom the sirens threaten to destroy C. One of the Sirens D. Odysseus

Which of the following is the first step when evaluating writing with a general rubric? A. Read the criteria. B. Read the passage. C. Identify the score. D. Evaluate the passage.

Which of these is an example of a simile? 1. He was drowning in a sea of grief. 2. she was a hurricane in his heart 3. My love is like a red rose. 4. You are my sunshine.

Read the excerpt and answer the question. There one of them asked me why I wept. I could hardly tell what to say: Yet I answered, they would kill me. "No," said he, "none will hurt you.

Which of the following is an example of situational irony found in "A Mystery of Heroism"? A.) Collins survives his foolhardy escapade, even though the battle rages on. B.) The lieutenant dies on the battlefield, even though Collins gives him water.

Read the excerpt from "The Revolt of Mother." Then she stood waiting. She was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown.

According to the narrator of a visit to europe how did the british view the visiting indians? a. as enemy threats b. as exotic creatures c. as cultural equals as artistic geniuses