Question

Read this stanza again:

OH! the old swimmin'-hole! whare the crick so still and deep
Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep,
And the gurgle of the worter round the drift jest below
Sounded like the laugh of something we onc't ust to know
Before we could remember anything but the eyes
Of the angels lookin' out as we left Paradise;
But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle,
And it's hard to part ferever with the old swimmin'-hole.


The first stanza of the poem

Answer 1

Again? Who said I read it before?! XD

Alright now what are the options?

Answer 2

a. starts with a description of the speaker and ends with a description on the swimming hole

b. starts with a happy memory of the swimming hole and ends with a somber statement

c. starts with a somber memory of the swimming hole and ends with a happy statement

d. starts with a description of the swimming hole and ends with a description of the speaker

Answer 3

What do you think it is?

Answer 4

maybe B or D

Answer 5

I'm thinking B because the second half of the stanza doesn't really describe the speaker.

Answer 6

ok I've got another one

Answer 7

Okie

Answer 8

Read these lines from the poem again:

But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle,
And it's hard to part ferever with the old swimmin'-hole.


Which idea do these lines from the poem illustrate?

Answer 9

a. As people grow older, they want to forget about their happy childhood experiences.

b. People cannot remember the things that once made them happy as they grow older.

c. Even though people grow older, they do not forget their happy memories.

d. It is difficult for people to explain why things made them happy as children.

Answer 10

actually now that i really looked at it i figure it out its c

Answer 11

still there?

Answer 12

Sorry I was just looking up what G-Spot was an abbreviation for.

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

i've got more

Answer 15

Yeah I think it's C too

Answer 16

Which of the following corrects the error in meaning and usage in the sentence below?

The festival and the public conference will run concur with each other.

Change festival to festivity.
Change public to publication.
Change conference to confer.
Change concur to concurrently.

Answer 17

i think its d

Answer 18

I agree

Answer 19

after these can you help me with some short answers?

Answer 20

Sure

Answer 21

alright just two more and then the short answers yeah?

Answer 22

Yep

Answer 23

ok :)

Answer 24

From “The Tyranny of Things” by Elizabeth Morris

Once upon a time, when I was very tired, I chanced to go away to a little house by the sea. “It is empty,” they said, “but you can easily furnish it.” Empty! Yes, thank Heaven! Furnish it? Heaven forbid! Its floors were bare, its walls were bare, its tables there were only two in the house were bare. There was nothing in the closets but books; nothing in the bureau drawers but the smell of clean, fresh wood; nothing in the kitchen but an oil stove, and a few a very few dishes; nothing in the attic but rafters and sunshine, and a view of the sea. After I had been there an hour there descended upon me a great peace, a sense of freedom, of in finite leisure. In the twilight I sat before the flickering embers of the open fire, and looked out through the open door to the sea, and asked myself, “Why?” Then the answer came: I was emancipated from things. There was nothing in the house to demand care, to claim attention, to cumber my consciousness with its insistent, unchanging companionship. There was nothing but a shelter, and outside, the fields and marshes, the shore and the sea. These did not have to be taken down and put up and arranged and dusted and cared for. They were not things at all, they were powers, presences.

And so I rested. While the spell was still unbroken, I came away. For broken it would have been, I know, had I not fled first. Even in this refuge the enemy would have pursued me, found me out, encompassed me.

If we could but free ourselves once for all, how simple life might become! One of my friends, who, with six young children and only one servant, keeps a spotless house and a soul serene, told me once how she did it. “My dear, once a month I give away every single thing in the house that we do not imperatively need. It sounds wasteful, but I don’t believe it really is. Sometimes Jeremiah mourns over missing old clothes, or back numbers of the magazines, but I tell him if he doesn’t want to be mated to a gibbering maniac he will let me do as I like.”

The old monks knew all this very well. One wonders sometimes how they got their power; but go up to Fiesole, and sit a while in one of those little, bare, white-walled cells, and you will begin to understand. If there were any spiritual force in one, it would have to come out there.

I have not their courage, and I win no such freedom. I allow myself to be overwhelmed by the invading host of things, making fitful resistance, but without any real steadiness of purpose. Yet never do I wholly give up the struggle, and in my heart I cherish an ideal, remotely typified by that empty little house beside the sea.

Based on the examples she provides, the reader knows Morris thinks that without things life would be

somber
exciting.
peaceful
boring

Answer 25

sorry its really long

Answer 26

That's ok...hm...

Answer 27

i think it might be C?

Answer 28

I think so too

Answer 29

ok and this one is the same story but different answer choices

Answer 30

Based on her descriptions, the reader can tell Morris finds things burdensome because

they require so much attention
they are not always available
they go out of fashion too quickly
they cost too much money

Answer 31

i think its a

Answer 32

Yeah I agree

Answer 33

ok now the short answers

Answer 34

Read these lines from the excerpt again:

In the midst of the prayer a fly had lit on the back of the pew in front of him and tortured his spirit by calmly rubbing its hands together, embracing its head with its arms, and polishing it so vigorously that it seemed to almost part company with the body, and the slender thread of a neck was exposed to view; scraping its wings with its hind legs and smoothing them to its body as if they had been coat-tails; going through its whole toilet as tranquilly as if it knew it was perfectly safe. As indeed it was; for as sorely as Tom's hands itched to grab for it they did not dare—he believed his soul would be instantly destroyed if he did such a thing while the prayer was going on.


Based on the information provided in this excerpt, how would you characterize Tom? Answer in two to three complete sentences using supporting details from the text.

Answer 35

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Answer 36

Hang on. I'll be back in about 10 minutes

Answer 37

ok

Answer 38

i found an answer for that one

Answer 39

Ok I'm back. Now it seems to me that Tom/whatever is fearful of what would happen if he were to kill something. And oh.

Answer 40

so dont worry about that one, sorry :/

Answer 41

actually i like that better

Answer 42

thanks

Answer 43

Lol, it's ok. Makes my job easier. XD

Answer 44

ok one more :)

Answer 45

Cool

Answer 46

"W. W. Jacobs' 'The Monkey's Paw' and Saki's 'The Open Window' both demonstrate the use of symbolism, setting, and characterization to explore the nature of good and evil in mankind in the early twentieth century."

In three to five complete sentences, explain why this thesis statement is an effective comparison/contrast thesis statement.

Answer 47

This thesis statement is effective because it explains who the author is referring to, the work that he has done, and why his work is astonishing. It gives the reader a clear image of why the author is writing about this person. (You can make up the last sentence.)

Answer 48

awesome thanks :)

Answer 49

actually can you do one more?

Answer 50

Sure.

Answer 51

I dont know if you will be able to answer this one because it refers to a personal assignment that I did but hopefully you will be able to

Answer 52

In seven to ten complete sentences, explain the connection between development of themes in literature and the time period the literature represents as explained in your comparison/contrast writing in Module 4.

Answer 53

Oh. Wow. That's a lot of sentences.

Answer 54

the comparison and contrast writing was about The Great Gatsby compared to The Grapes of Wrath

Answer 55

I'm not sure if I can do it.

Answer 56

yeah i know :/

Answer 57

ok

Answer 58

if you can't thats fine you've been a lot of help anyways

Answer 59

Sorry.

Answer 60

np thanks for everything :)