Identify two examples of an upbeat, positive tone in Miriam Davis Colt's diary.

(a) What public issue or issues does the consumer guide address?

(b) Cite one fact presented in the guide that a citizen might find reassuring and one that might raise concerns. Explain your choices.

Does the portrait this story paints of Puritan New England seem too sympathetic, too harsh, or simply accurate? Explain. In your response, use at least two of these Essential Question words: severe, powerful, community, struggle.

(a) Choose two passages that you find very powerful.

(b) Analyze the reasons for your choice: are you responding to the message itself, to the rhythmic and expressive language in which it is framed, or to both?

This sermon played a significant role in reinvigorating Puritan faith during the 1740s. Why? State your opinion, using at least two of these Essential Question words: powerful, beliefs, doctrine, faithful.

Answer: What mood did this spiritual evoke in you? Discuss.

Justify how the lieutenant's rationing coffee at the time of his injury contributes to the quality of Realism in "An Episode of War."

Reconstruct the sentence, correcting any errors in the use of like, as, as if, or as though. Write correct for sentence without errors.

The lieutenant divided the coffee evenly, just like he promised he would.

Using a chart like the one displayed here, assess the diction of each writer.

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Choose the word that is the best synonym, or word with similar meaning, for the word below.

consecrate: (a) destroy, (b) bless, (c) join

When adding the suffix -ial to words ending in two consonants, keep the spelling of the base word. For example, reverent becomes reverential. Fill in the blanks with -ial word.

A talented person has great p___ial.

Summary suggests a brief, general idea. Likewise, summarily describes an action taken hastily or promptly. These words derive from the Latin word summa, meaning "sum, whole." Use your understanding of this root to decide whether the statement below is true or false.

Consummate professionals go poor work.

Select a word from the vocabulary list below that best describes or relates to the description.

People who left America to live in another country

genial, pervading, terra firma, emigrants, profusion, depredations, nonplused

Douglass is quite well cared for as a slave. In what way does he use his autobiography to make his case against slavery?