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Lesson 19
1 Use the Hints on this page to help you answer the questions.
1 Which of the following statements best explains the auth
A
Print is effectively dead as a form of communication.
B
C
D
Despite predictions of its disappearance, print is widespread.
Print has not come to an end, but it is dwindling quickly.
Newspaper sales are shrinking, but books remain popular.
2 Which of the following statements is evidence supporting the author's
reasoning that "people are turning away from traditional methods of
reading"?
A
"Furniture and office supply stores feature a dizzying array of
bookshelves ..."
B
C
"Newspaper readership has been in decline for years..."
"... corner kiosks in large cities are like ice cream trucks for printed
material..."
"... some homes even have their own libraries ..."
D
3 Evaluate the author's argument about the state of print publishing.
Explain whether the author backs up his claim with sound reasoning
and relevant evidence. Use at least two details from the text in
your response.

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.

“way of writing” should be replaced with “writing style"

“idea” should be replaced with “purpose.”

maybe   “people from a long time ago” should be replaced with “elizabethans.”

1. ghosts

2. why we are alive

3. what happens when we die

4. how was earth made and who developed it?

5. how is air made?