In "The Lottery" Based on the setting, what conclusion can you draw about the upcoming event?

A) The event draws some townspeople but not others.

B) The event will last for a very long time.

C) The event that is happening must be a very big deal.

Were the revolutionary writers the most well educated and financially successful of the early American writers

In this quote about personal essays from author Barry Lopez, which words are an oxymoron? It is, I think, the rarest of leisure, hard work mixed with hard pleasure, to refine one's time of deep thought or light regard into the utterly self-absorbed

After I had the piano tuned, I opened the lid and touched the keys. It sounded even richer than I remembered. Really, it was a very good piano.

You have been asked to share with a group of learners in a health course why it is important to protect their skin from the sun's rays.

An effective procedural document should have which tone?

Read the passage from "The Crab That Played with the Sea." "'You are lazy,' said the Eldest Magician. 'So your children shall be lazy. They shall be the laziest people in the world.

Identify the plural form of the word in parentheses. The (bush) in front of the house desperately need to be trimmed. A. bushs B. bushes

1. simile the use of human characteristics to describe ideas or inanimate objects 2. oxymoron repetition of a word or phrase at the start of a series of clauses 3. anaphora an indirect comparison between two things using "like" or "as" 4.

How does NACA become NASA? Why is the change deemed necessary?

Which of the following sentences is not punctuated correctly? A. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend. B. At first, I liked my piano lessons. C. The fog is rolling in, and visibility is decreasing. D.