There was a bookstore uptown on gay street
which i visited and inhaled that wonderful odor
of new books
even today i read hardcover as a preference and paperback only
as a last resort

the implicit details in this excerpt show that the speaker
a. is puzzled by the unusual scent of new books.

b. still believes that the uptown bookstore is the best.

c. is sad that the uptown bookstore no longer exists.

d. still has a deep love of books and reading as an adult.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Read this passage from "the pedestrian" by ray bradbury: which sentence best describes the overall impact of the setting?

Read jonathan swift's essay "a modest proposal." note the six numbered arguments that swift makes midway through the essay. write down your analysis and response to his arguments. as you write your response, keep in mind his central themes and ideas in the essay.