What is scansion?

1) The act of determining and physically making the metrical pattern within a line of poetry.

2) the literal meaning of a word.

3) an underlying quality or element.

two ways do these gothic elements reflect the situation of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being.

Hassan is the "class clown" in our second period English class. We all look up to him because he never puts anyone down with his jokes and even makes the teacher laugh.

Which of these words means "a sense of purpose"?

Based on the thesaurus entry and how the word is used in the paragraph, which word is the closest meaning for robust? Clint went to the fitness center every opportunity he got and tried to monitor what he ate.

Why did Mendel use pea plants in his genetic experiments?

Why does a writer choose a specific form of writing?

Why did McCoy become a fireman? He wanted to be like his father. He could not get a job as a mechanical engineer because of racial prejudice.

Read the passage and answer the question. A yellow bird sat in the birdbath cleaning its feathers. It was enjoying the cool water on a hot day. The bird was unaware of a black cat slowly moving through the tall grass.

Why did people distrust doctors during the 18th and 19th centuries