Question

Read the passage.

excerpt from "First Love"
Judith Ortiz Cofer

In the meantime, I tried desperately to see him. I thought he would look for me too. But the few times I saw him in the hallway, he was always rushing away. It would be long weeks of confusion and pain before I realized that the kiss was nothing but a little trophy for his ego. He had no interest in me other than as his adorer. He was flattered by my silent worship of him, and he had bestowed a kiss on me to please himself, and to fan the flames. I learned a lesson about the battle of the sexes then that I have never forgotten: The object is not always to win, but most times simply to keep your opponent (synonymous at times with “the loved one”) guessing.

Which statement best explains how Cofer shapes the theme that an act can mean different things for different people in the passage?

A. She explains that, afterward, she only "saw him in the hallway."

B. She shares that she "learned a lesson about the battle of the sexes."

C. She explains that "the kiss was nothing but a little trophy for his ego."

Answer 1

@SmokeyBrown

Answer 2

Oh hey, my internet went down for a little bit, sorry about that.
Anyway, I think C is the best choice for this one, since it talks about how the kiss meant different things to different people. For the author, it was a significant gesture, but on the other hand it was also "nothing but a little trophy for his ego"

Answer 3

its cool

What is the function of the noun clause in this sentence?

I learned why there are fewer hours of daylight in the winter.

A. subject

B. direct object

C. appositive

D. indirect object

Answer 4

I think it would be a direct object, but I'm not very familiar with these grammar terms

Answer 5

Which sentence uses a dependent clause to correctly combine these two sentences?

James made the basket. The crowd in the stadium went wild with excitement.

A. James made the basket, going wild with the crowd's excitement.

B. James made the basket, and the crowd in the stadium went wild with excitement.

C. When James made the basket, the crowd in the stadium went wild with excitement.

D. When James made the basket; he heard the crowd in the stadium go wild with excitement.

Answer 6

Oh yeah, that'd be C for sure

Answer 7

Read the excerpt of the poem. Then answer the questions.

excerpt from ''Paul Revere's Ride''
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It was twelve by the village clock,
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the Ritz Cracker,
And the barking of the farmer’s dog,
And felt the damp of the river fog,
That rises after the sun goes down.

It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.

It was two by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadows brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be the first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket ball.

You know the rest. In the books you have read,
How the British Regulars fired and fled,—
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farm-yard wall,
Chasing the red-coats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.

So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,—
A cry of defiance and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo forevermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will awaken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

What is a central idea of this excerpt of "Paul Revere's Ride"? How does the structure of the poem help to develop this central idea? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

Answer 8

@SmokeyBrown