1) effusiveĤ) idle What is the effect of the underlined section in developing the tone of this excerpt from "In a Queen's Domain" by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt?Īt me, with a cry and a glare. 1) They were _in their praise of the new movie.Ģ) I got tired of his _complaining.ģ) It's a _ thing, so I didn't bother with it.Ĥ) I let the car _ as I waited outside his building. In the excerpt Walt Whitman suggests thatġ) some remnant of human life continues to exist after deathĢ) the remains of the dead are absorbed into the soil and continue to nourish life In the excerpt Walt Whitman suggests that _ because _. They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, And ceas'd the moment life appear'd.Īll goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. What has become of the young and old men?And what has become of the women and children? he shrank from touching (.)Ģ) Well, you can imagine how it was with a young fellow (.)ģ) I judged that there was going to be a crash by and by (.)Ĥ) He said he hoped he wasn't afraid to trust as rich a gentleman (.)ĥ) It scared me broad awake and made me comprehend (.) 1) wealth worshipĥ) impending doom Read the excerpt from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman and complete the sentence that follows. Match the themes from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" with the excerpts they represent.ġ). Poor people were expected to tolerate any ridicule made by the rich. I was puzzled, and wanted to discuss the matter a little further, but they didn't so I took my leave, feeling hurt and insulted to be made the butt of what was apparently some kind of a practical joke, and yet obliged to put up with it, not being in circumstances to resent affronts from rich and strong folk. the nature of people to blame others for their own mistakes or shortcomings What is implied in this sentence from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note"? I was pretty nervous, in fact, pretty badly frightened, though, of course, I was no way in fault but I knew men well enough to know that when they find they've given a tramp a million-pound bill when they thought it was a one-pounder, they are in a frantic rage against him instead of quarreling with their own near-sightedness, as they ought. Which sentence in this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" is an example of satire? Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything What is satirized in this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note"? That was brilliant what you just did.Why did Charlotte Perkins Gilman use first-person narration in her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"? to help readers understand the condition of the narrator How does the use of dramatic irony in works with unreliable narrators help to make the purpose of the story clearer to the reader? It helps the reader understand the implications of events better than the narrator could. “I got to tell you, honestly, that was dead on the money,” Richie responded. That’s the first song I ever wrote,” Kane said, clarifying when he wrote the tune. “I actually wrote it when I was 16 years old. And the fact that you wrote that, my friend, at 18 years old, give me a break.” “Your parallels were perfect, your hook was perfect, your storytelling voice was perfect. “So Phil, I’m going to tell you something. Lionel Richie had nothing but kind words to share. It’s about telling a story, isn’t it Lionel Richie?” Authenticity Phil Kane Photo by ABC, American Idol It’s just authenticity will get you so far….not about notes. I, I’m not even from your little town, but I want to go and visit now. It was just so real and I really related to it. “The moment you started playing the piano, your choices on the piano gave me chills,” Perry said. Katy Perry went on to praise the Belmont student’s storytelling abilities. “Thank you guys, oh my gosh,” Kane said with a big smile on his face. Kane humbly and graciously thanked the judges for the standing ovation and their kind words. “The country Jackson Brown,” Luke Bryan exclaimed.
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