Writing with strong evidence
point: mortimer contrasts the experiences of modern how does the evidence most clearly support the
readers to the experiences of elizabethans.
point?
evidence: for example, mortimer states, "those
it gives an example of how modern and
things that elizabethans take for granted are
elizabethan perspectives differ
precisely what you will find most striking: the huge its use of second-person point of view
open fields, the muddy roads, and the small size of so
readers imagine elizabethan england.
many laborers' houses."
the term "striking" allows readers to envision the
landscape
details like open fields allow modern readers to
understand the elizabethan perspective.
7 of a

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Which sentence best states a theme of gilman's "the yellow wallpaper"? a. women in the 19th century often played a lesser role in marriage. b. when a person is unwell, rest is the best medicine. c. a husband does not believe that his wife is sick, which leads to disastrous consequences. d. the narrator does not like the yellow wallpaper in her bedroom and becomes mentally disturbed.

Choose the sentence that is not logically connected in the paragraph. (1) one final effect of radio and tv on the language must must be noted. (2) there is no doubt that these great media of information have cut down considerably the time that used to be devoted to reading. (3) radio and tv may enhance the spoken word. (4) they tend to lower comprehension levels.