Expository writing can be described as writing that always A. entertains. B. exaggerates. C. explains. D. excites.

Which of the following is not considered a voluntary activity? Select the best answer choice. A. Playing a game of pick up basketball B. Cooking dinner C. Planting trees in the park D. Going to class

Which sentence describes a key difference in the way that the novel The War of the Worlds was written and the way the radio broadcast was delivered? A. The novel was written in present tense, and the radio broadcast was presented in future tense. B.

Read the sentence. The number of Internet users has grown at an amazing rate. Which is the correct tense of the underlined verbs? present progressive present perfect progressive present perfect present

Swift uses which device in his tale of gulliver's journey to the land of the Lilliputians

What is meant when a character is called "static"? A. that it is a character who is minor B. that it is a character who doesn't change C. that it is a character who opposes the main character D. that it is a character who changes during the story

What is a spectroscope

When my sister was born, I was really excited to see her. When my mother first laid her little body in my arms and I gazed into her wide eyes, I felt an instant protective impulse ___ I had never previously had this sort of feeling towards any other

He was a popular writer of fiction who used local dialects to enhance such novels as, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. a. Mark Twain c. Edgar Allen Poe b. Charles Dickens d. Walt Whitman

Read the exchange between Mr. Brocklehurst and the young Jane from Jane Eyre and answer the question "No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl.

When taking notes, highlight all of the following except