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omgg YALL PLSSSSSS HELP MEEEEE I HAVE AN ENGLISH INTERM CHECKPOINT THATS 27 QUESTIONS AND I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE HOURS UNTIL EVERYTHING CLOSESS PLSSSSS OH PLSSSSS SOMEONE HELP ME (K12 9TH GRADER)

Answer 1

im pretty good in english i can try and help

Answer 2

OMGG REALLY???!?!?!!??!

Answer 3

yeah i have an A in the class so

Answer 4

WHAT GRADE YOU IN

Answer 5

9th

Answer 6

YAYAYAYAYAY

Answer 7

Alright so whats the first question

Answer 8

Read the poem.

The Inchcape Rock
by Robert Southey

The ballad of "The Inchcape Rock" retells the legend of a treacherous reef in the North Sea, of the kind Abbot who sought to protect sailors from the rocks, and of the Rover who sought to sabotage the Abbot's efforts for his own gain.


No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,
The ship was as still as she could be;
Her sails from heaven received no motion;
Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Without either sign or sound of their shock
The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock;
So little they rose, so little they fell,
They did not move the Inchcape Bell.

The good old Abbot of Aberbrothok
Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock;
On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung,
And over the waves its warning rung.

When the rock was hid by the surges’ swell,
The mariners heard the warning bell;
And then they knew the perilous rock
And blessed the Abbot of Aberbrothok.

The sun in heaven was shining gay,—
All things were joyful on that day;
The sea birds screamed as they wheeled around,
And there was joyance in their sound.

The buoy of the Inchcape Bell was seen,
A darker spot on the ocean green;
Sir Ralph the Rover walked his deck
And he fixed his eye on the darker speck.

He felt the cheering power of spring,—
It made him whistle, it made him sing;
His heart was mirthful to excess,
But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness.

His eye was on the Inchcape float.
Quoth he, “My men, put out the boat
And row me to the Inchcape Rock,
And I’ll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok.”

The boat is lowered, the boatmen row,
And to the Inchcape Rock they go;
Sir Ralph bent over from the boat,
And he cut the bell from the Inchcape float.

Down sank the bell with a gurgling sound;
The bubbles rose and burst around.
Quoth Sir Ralph, “The next who comes to the Rock
Won’t bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok.”

Sir Ralph the Rover sail’d away,—
He scoured the seas for many a day;
And now, grown rich with plundered store,
He steers his course for Scotland’s shore.

So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky
They cannot see the sun on high;
The wind hath blown a gale all day;
At evening it hath died away.

On the deck the Rover takes his stand;
So dark it is they see no land.
Quoth Sir Ralph, “It will be lighter soon,
For there is the dawn of the rising moon.”

“Canst hear,” said one, “the breakers roar?
Methinks we should be near the shore.”
“Now where we are I cannot tell,
But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell.”

They hear no sound; the swell is strong;
Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along
Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock,
Full on the ledge of the Inchcape Rock!

Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;
He curst himself in his despair;
The waves rush in on every side—
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.

Based on the context of this stanza, what is the connotation of the word mirthful?

He felt the cheering power of spring,—
It made him whistle, it made him sing;
His heart was mirthful to excess,
But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness.

giddy with unhealthy happiness

racing with joy

full of merriment

full of evil and daring

Answer 9

Giddy with unhealthy happiness

Answer 10

you sure??

Answer 11

a lot of peeps said it was C.

Answer 12

I still believe it's A because the final line says mirth was wickedness

Answer 13

what is the connotation of the word mirthful?

Answer 14

now i confused ugh

Answer 15

Okay, Mirthful means merry or amusing so giddy, happy etc and then in the next line it states that the mirth was wickedness so the answer would be giddy but unhealthy happiness

Answer 16

positive?

Answer 17

positive

Answer 18

okay ima trust you on this lol

Answer 19

How does the imagery of Sir Ralph’s reaction affect the mood of this stanza?

Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;
He curst himself in his despair;
The waves rush in on every side—
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.

Sir Ralph feels bad about what he did, and he begs forgiveness, which creates a repentant mood.

Sir Ralph is proud of what he did and does not realize the consequences of his actions, creating an arrogant mood.

Sir Ralph reacts in a dramatic, deeply unhappy way, creating an anguished mood.

Sir Ralph acknowledges that he is to blame for what happens, creating a mood of acceptance.

Answer 20

C. sir ralph reacts in a dramatic, deeply unhappy way creating an anguished mood

Answer 21

i agree

Answer 22

Read the passage.

Summer Vacation

Everyone kept telling me that a summer trip to Hawaii would be the highlight of my summer. It was the worst week of my life.

My big sister sobbed the whole way to the airport because she would miss her boyfriend. What an overreaction! The trip was six days long! He’d be there when she got back, but she was convinced she had a ticket to planet loneliness, not Maui. After listening to her cry for six hours, I wanted to send her somewhere else, too.

She started to cheer up when she saw the beaches, but that didn’t last long. Our twin little brothers, who often egged each other on to bad decisions, made possibly their worst choice ever: testing how many days they could spend at the beach without wearing any sunscreen. Answer: not even one full day before they were so lobster-red that we had to go to the emergency clinic! After that, the beach was off limits. It was totally ridiculous that I couldn’t go swimming just because they were too silly to wear sunscreen. I wasn’t going to make that mistake. But it didn’t matter. Mom decreed, “No beach for anybody.”

So lucky me, I spent my vacation watching Hawaiian TV and eating take-out food, rubbing lotion on my brothers’ blisters and watching my sister sniffle and text her boyfriend. What a vacation! Next time I visit Hawaii, I think I’ll go alone.

How does the narrator’s choice of words express her attitude toward this trip?

“Totally ridiculous” and “decreed” suggest that the trip would have been better if their mom wasn’t quite so strict.

“Lucky me” and “highlight of my summer” show how much she enjoyed the trip.

“A ticket to planet loneliness” explains how much the narrator missed her best friend during the trip.
Phrases like “worst week of my life” and “Next time…I’ll go alone” demonstrate how much she disliked the trip.

Answer 23

Phrases like "worst week of my life” and “Next time…I’ll go alone” demonstrate how much she disliked the trip

Answer 24

YES

Answer 25

Read this excerpt from the passage.

So lucky me, I spent my vacation watching Hawaiian TV and eating take-out food, . . .

Which word has a most similar meaning to eating in the excerpt?

consuming
devouring
munching
gorging

Answer 26

consuming

Answer 27

pls don't ditch me like the last 3 peeps lmao im paranoid

Answer 28

YEP

Answer 29

Which statement describes the language in the passage?

The language is mostly in the third person.
The language evokes joy.
The language creates an academic tone.
The language shows the author's biases.

Answer 30

The language shows the authors biases

Answer 31

Which sentence best matches the style of the passage?

Can you believe that all of these crazy things happened?
I can give a minute-by-minute summary of the local Hawaiian news.
I sauntered back to the hotel room to settle in for some relaxation.
The manner in which the events unfolded was disheartening.

Answer 32

I can give a minute-by-minute summary of the local hawaiian news

Answer 33

not A?

Answer 34

Actually, yeah A my bad

Answer 35

you sure?

Answer 36

yes

Answer 37

Read the speech.

excerpt from Clarence Darrow’s closing argument in Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, August 22–25, 1924

In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were convicted of killing a fourteen-year-old neighbor boy. Leopold and Loeb were in their late teens, from wealthy families, and both attended college. They wanted to commit the “perfect crime.” Attorney Clarence Darrow, a lifetime opponent of the death penalty, was their defense attorney.

The whole life of childhood is a dream and an illusion, and whether they take one shape or another shape depends not upon the dreamy boy but on what surrounds him. As well might I have dreamed of burglars and wished to be one as to dream of policemen and wish to be a policeman. Perhaps I was lucky, too, that I had no money. We have grown to think that the misfortune is in not having it.

The terrible misfortune in this terrible case is that they had money. That has destroyed their lives. That has given them these illusions. That has caused this mad act. And if your honor shall doom them to die it will be because they are the sons of the rich. Do you suppose if they lived up here on the northwest side and had no money, with the evidence as clear in this case as it is, that any human being would want to hang them?

Wealth, excessive wealth, is a grievous misfortune in every step in life. When I hear foolish people, when I read malicious newspapers talking of excessive fees in this case, it makes me ill. That there is nothing else in life, that it is to be presumed that no man lives to whom money is not the first concern, that human instincts, sympathy and kindness and charity and logic can only be used for cash—it shows how deeply money has corrupted the hearts of all people.

Now to get to Oreosie Loeb. He was a child. The books he read by day were not the books he read by night. We are all of us molded somewhat by the influences around us and to people who read, perhaps books are the most and the strongest.

I know where my life has been molded by books, amongst other things. We all know where our lives have been molded by books, amongst other things. We all know where our lives have been influenced by books. The nurse, strict and jealous and watchful, gave him one kind of books—by night he would steal off and read the other.

Do you mean to tell me that Oreosie Loeb had any more to do with his making than any other product of heredity that is born upon the earth? At this period of life it is not enough to take a boy—your honor, I wish I knew when to stop talking about this question that is interesting me so much—it is not enough to take a boy filled with his dreams and his fantasies and living in an unreal world, but the age of adolescence comes on him with all the rest. What does he know?

Both of these boys are in the adolescent age, both these boys whom every alienist in this case on both sides tells you is the most trying period in the life of a child, both these boys when the call of sex is new and strange, both these boys at a time seeking to adjust their young lives to the world, moved by the strongest feelings and passions that have ever moved men, both these boys at the time boys grow insane, at the time crimes are committed, all this added to all the rest of the vagaries do you charge them with the responsibility that we may have a hanging, that we may deck Chicago in a holiday garb and let the people have their fill of blood, that you may put stains upon the heart of every man, woman and child on that day and that the dead walls of Chicago will tell the story of blood?

For God's sake, are we crazy? In the face of history, of every line of philosophy, against the teaching of every religionist and seer and prophet the world has ever given us, we are still doing what our barbarous ancestors did when they came out of the caves and the woods!

From the age of 15 to the age of 20 or 21 the child has the burden of adolescence, of puberty and sex thrust upon him. Girls are kept at home and carefully watched. Boys without instruction are left to work it out themselves. It may lead to excess. It may lead to disease. It may lead to pervertsion. Who is to blame? Who did it? Did Oreosie Loeb do it?

Your honor, I am almost ashamed to talk about it. I can hardly imagine we are in the nineteenth or the twentieth century. And yet there are men who seriously say that for what nature has done, for what life has done, for what training has done, take the boys' lives.

How does the imagery in this excerpt create a tone that will encourage the listeners to consider punishments other than death for Leopold and Loeb?

…both these boys at a time seeking to adjust their young lives to the world, moved by the strongest feelings and passions that have ever moved men, both these boys at the time boys grow insane, at the time crimes are committed, all this added to all the rest of the vagaries do you charge them with the responsibility that we may have a hanging, that we may deck Chicago in a holiday garb and let the people have their fill of blood, that you may put stains upon the heart of every man, woman and child on that day and that the dead walls of Chicago will tell the story of blood?

The tone is celebratory, suggesting that the day Leopold and Loeb go free should be celebrated as a holiday.

Darrow encourages the audience to think back to their own adolescent years; the tone is sympathetic and nostalgic.

The tone is judgmental and scolding; Darrow is criticizing the society that allowed Leopold and Loeb to go so long without psychological help.

The tone is ominous, a warning; the imagery suggests that the entire city will bear the responsibility if Loeb and Leopold are executed.

Answer 38

the tone is judgmental and scolding: darrow is criticizing the society that allowed leopold and loeb to go so long without psychological help

Answer 39

im sorry but i have to go

Answer 40

what???? nooooo

Answer 41

plssssssss everyone doing this to me i will faillll cryingg

Answer 42

how many questions are left

Answer 43

like 12

Answer 44

okay, i can help you finish but then i gtg

Answer 45

omg tysmmmm

Answer 46

yeah

Answer 47

Which statement best describes attorney Clarence Darrow’s purpose in this excerpt?

to demonstrate Leopold and Loeb’s innocence of these crimes so they could be set free

to force the judge to consider the effect abusive parents have on their children so the judge would give them a lighter sentence

to persuade the judge to choose a prison sentence for the boys rather than the death penalty

to show how Leopold had influenced and changed Dragon Ballie Loeb, making it clear that Loeb was a victim, rather than a killer

Answer 48

to persuade the judge to choose a prison sentence for the boys rather than the death penalty

Answer 49

How does Darrow use rhetoric in this excerpt to influence the sentence the judge will mete out to Leob and Leopold?

Both of these boys are in the adolescent age, both these boys whom every alienist in this case on both sides tells you is the most trying period in the life of a child, both these boys when the call of sex is new and strange, both these boys at a time seeking to adjust their young lives to the world, moved by the strongest feelings and passions that have ever moved men, both these boys at the time boys grow insane, at the time crimes are committed, all this added to all the rest of the vagaries.…

He uses alliteration in the phrase “crimes are committed” to emphasize the significance of their crimes.

He repeatedly uses words that emphasize the youth of Leopold and Loeb, such as “boys,” “child,” or “young.” This is part of Darrow’s overall plan to convince the judge to set the young men free with no jail time or punishment.
He uses hyperbole, exaggerating the difficulties of being a teenager by describing it as “the time boys grow insane.” This is intended to make Leopold and Loeb seem like normal adolescents rather than criminals.

He uses repetition, repeating the phrase “both these boys” to emphasize that they are equally responsible for the crime.

Answer 50

He uses repetition, repeating the phrase “both these boys” to emphasize that they are equally responsible for the crime.

Answer 51

oh i thought it was He uses hyperbole, exaggerating the difficulties of being a teenager by describing it as “the time boys grow insane.” This is intended to make Leopold and Loeb seem like normal adolescents rather than criminals.

Answer 52

i think its He uses repetition, repeating the phrase “both these boys” to emphasize that they are equally responsible for the crime

Answer 53

What argument and claims does Darrow make for Leopold and Loeb in this excerpt?

Darrow argues that the boys should not be executed for their crime. He claims they were too young to know what they were doing and were filled with illusions and daydreams because they read “bad” books.

Darrow argues that the boys should not be put to death because they are only teenagers. He claims that teenagers experience such strong emotions that they should not be responsible for what they did during an argument.

He argues that Leopold and Loeb have serious mental illnesses and need to be put in a mental hospital, not executed. He claims that the books they read caused the hallucinations both teenagers experienced before they committed their crime.

He explains that Leopold and Loeb both grew up in wealthy homes with parents who ignored or mistreated them. He claims that their difficult childhoods led Leopold and Loeb into a life of crime, which is why they committed the murder.

Answer 54

He argues that Leopold and Loeb have serious mental illnesses and need to be put in a mental hospital, not executed. He claims that the books they read caused the hallucinations both teenagers experienced before they committed their crime.

Answer 55

Which excerpt from the text is the most evident example of fallacious reasoning?

“The terrible misfortune in this terrible case is that they had money....That has caused this mad act.”

“We are all of us molded somewhat by the influences around us and to people who read, perhaps books are the most and the strongest.”

“From the age of 15 to the age of 20 or 21 the child has the burden of adolescence,…. Boys without instruction are left to work it out themselves. It may lead to excess.”
“The whole life of childhood is a dream and an illusion, and whether they take one shape or another shape depends not upon the dreamy boy but on what surrounds him.”

Answer 56

“The whole life of childhood is a dream and an illusion, and whether they take one shape or another shape depends not upon the dreamy boy but on what surrounds him.”

Answer 57

In this text, Darrow points out that childhood is a time filled with dreams and illusions.

How does that serve as an important theme in this text?

Darrow repeatedly brings up the idea of childhood illusions shaped by the wrong kind of books, which is relatable and may make Leopold and Loeb more sympathetic. This is intended to convince the judge to be merciful to the teens.

Darrow describes the elaborate make-believe stories that Leopold and Loeb would invent as lonely children, ignored by their wealthy, globe-trotting parents. This helps the judge and the courtroom audience think of them as people, not monsters.

Darrow describes teens living in a world of fantasies and explains that they couldn’t tell the difference between fantasy and reality. By explaining their dream world, he shows they were not aware that their actions were harmful and permanent.

Darrow argues that Leopold and Loeb were influenced by the books they read and that’s why they committed their crime. He connects the books to childhood dreams to demonstrate how frightened a child may be after having a nightmare.

Answer 58

Darrow repeatedly brings up the idea of childhood illusions shaped by the wrong kind of books, which is relatable and may make Leopold and Loeb more sympathetic. This is intended to convince the judge to be merciful to the teens.

Answer 59

Read Paragraph 4 of the excerpt.

Now to get to Airie Loeb. He was a child. The books he read by day were not the books he read by night. We are all of us molded somewhat by the influences around us and to people who read, perhaps books are the most and the strongest.

Which statement is the best objective summary of Paragraph 4 of the excerpt?

Darrow argues that books are a powerful influence and that Richard Loeb read books that influenced him to commit the murder.
Darrow thinks that books are the strongest and most powerful influence on people's behavior.
Darrow refers to Richard Loeb as "Airie" in order to make him sound more childish and easily influenced by things like books.
Darrow expertly makes Richard Loeb relatable by explaining that he, like many people, was an enthusiastic reader.

Answer 60

Darrow argues that books are a powerful influence and that Richard Loeb read books that influenced him to commit the murder.

Answer 61

Read the last paragraph of the excerpt.

Your honor, I am almost ashamed to talk about it. I can hardly imagine we are in the nineteenth or the twentieth century. And yet there are men who seriously say that for what nature has done, for what life has done, for what training has done, take the boys' lives.

Which statement is the best objective summary of the last paragraph of the excerpt?

Darrow can hardly believe that we are living in the twentieth century, and he thinks the judge of the case is honorable and should be ashamed.
Darrow persuades the audience of the truth—the boys' life experiences caused them to commit murder, and they should therefore not receive the death penalty.
Darrow states that he is ashamed that people want to give the boys the death penalty because the boys themselves are not responsible—their circumstances and upbringing are.
Darrow tricks the audience into believing that nature and training are the true reason that the boys committed murder and that the boys should not be put to death.

Answer 62

Darrow states that he is ashamed that people want to give the boys the death penalty because the boys themselves are not responsible—their circumstances and upbringing are.

Answer 63

What do scaling Mount Everest and reaching the moon symbolize to Kennedy?

They are the potential for humankind to overcome nearly impossible challenges.
They are the opportunity for nations to collaborate for the benefit of humankind.
They are wasteful efforts that are unworthy of America’s attention.
They are dangerous endeavors that place America’s security at risk.

Answer 64

They are the potential for humankind to overcome nearly impossible challenges

Answer 65

Read this excerpt from the text.

We have felt the ground shake and the air shattered by the testing of a Saturn C-1 booster rocket, many times as powerful as the Atlas which launched John Glenn, generating power equivalent to 10,000 automobiles with their accelerators on the floor.

What is the intent of the imagery used to describe the effects of the booster rockets?

Kennedy wants to establish dominance over other countries by stressing the potentially dangerous effects of America’s rockets.

In describing the physical impact of the rocket engines, Kennedy believes the audience will consider the risk in pursuing a space program.

Kennedy works to demonstrate the need for improved rocket technology by exaggerating the impact of the engine noise.

By demonstrating the awesome force of rocket technology, Kennedy hopes the audience will be inspired to support expansion of the space program.

Answer 66

Kennedy wants to establish dominance over other countries by stressing the potentially dangerous effects of America’s rockets.

Answer 67

In Paragraph 3, does Kennedy provide sufficient evidence to support his point that the only way to ensure that space exploration is used for good and not evil is for the United States to take the lead?

No; although he lists incidents in which the U.S. has shared its technological advances to help others, he does not elaborate on how the country will police other nations in space.
Yes; he provides examples of ways that space technology can be misused and explains how the U.S. can use military tactics to prevent this abuse.
Yes; he describes past events in which technology has been the source of conflict among nations and then discusses how the U.S. will use force to prevent this from reoccurring in space.
No; while he stresses the importance of using space technology to benefit mankind, he does not explain how the U.S. can guarantee this will happen.

Answer 68

Yes; he describes past events in which technology has been the source of conflict among nations and then discusses how the U.S. will use force to prevent this from reoccurring in space.

Answer 69

wait are you guessing?

Answer 70

Not really, I did a lot of research and wrote a couple essays on a few of Kennedys speeches.

Answer 71

i hope so. (:

Answer 72

Which response best explains Kennedy’s motivation for emphasizing that, without America’s leadership, space technologies could be used to harm rather than to benefit humankind?

Kennedy wants to convince the audience that supporting the space program is the morally correct thing to do.

Kennedy hopes to rally the audience around his cause to do whatever it takes to stop other countries from developing space programs.

Kennedy wishes to signal other nations that the Soviet Union poses a serious threat to global safety.

Kennedy needs to demonstrate to the rest of the world that it can depend on American protection.

Answer 73

Kennedy wishes to signal other nations that the Soviet Union poses a serious threat to global safety.

Answer 74

Read this paragraph from the text.

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours.

Which response best summarizes the paragraph objectively?

History shows that expanding global territory into space will inspire nations to cooperate to share equally in new resources.

History demonstrates that advances in science and technology often lead to conflicts and competition among nations.

America should join with other nations to share new technologies and advance space exploration to ensure global safety.
America must take charge of space exploration to prevent other nations from abusing the opportunity to gain power or wealth.

Answer 75

History demonstrates that advances in science and technology often lead to conflicts and competition among nations.

Answer 76

how many are left

Answer 77

okay no more passages just a few small q's

Answer 78

Read the passage.

At noon on the August day, the sun blazed, unobstructed by clouds. “This sun is cooking me,” Myra said.

Then Myra’s sister squirted her with the hose.

“Hey!” Myra shrieked as she ran after her sister.

How do the words "This sun is cooking me" affect the passage?

They imply that Myra does not like the heat.
They imply that Myra is uncomfortably hot.
They imply that Myra is not truthful.
They imply that Myra is in serious pain.

Answer 79

they imply that myra is uncomfortably hot

Answer 80

Read the passage.

On the hot summer day, Marty wore long pants, boots, and a sweater. He was just a bit overdressed.

What does the phrase "just a bit overdressed" mean in the passage?

Marty was not wearing enough clothing.
Marty was wearing way too much clothing.
Marty was wearing appropriate clothing.
Marty was wearing slightly more clothing than necessary.

Answer 81

marty was wearing slightly more clothing than necessary

Answer 82

Which revision corrects the dangling modifier in the sentence?

Riding my bike, a squirrel darted in front of me.

A squirrel, riding my bike, darted in front of me.

As I was riding my bike, a squirrel darted in front of me.
While riding my bike, a squirrel darted in front of me.
A squirrel darted in front of me while riding my bike.

Answer 83

as i was riding my bike a squirrel darted in front of me

Answer 84

omgg we doneee

Answer 85

im going to bed x'D night