What is the purpose behind the author's use of

irony in this passage?

To emphasize the importance of conformity

To develop an ideal utopian setting

To create satire by exaggerating reality

Which best defines the following term: patronage system?

Which of the following sentences is NOT a fragment? Question 2 options: A a huge pile of stuffed animals in the corner. B a little face peeked out of the pile. C Smiling and laughing with glee at the surprise.

In the sentence - Her mother lives nearby in Center, Texas - is the word nearby an adjective or an adverb.

Read the following quote from the play and choose the best definition for the underlined term. "Sound, music! Come, my queen, take hands with me, and rock the ground whereon these sleepers be. [Titania and Oberon dance.

Which of the following should you use sparingly in e-mails? Select all that apply. all caps extensive punctuation abbreviations salutations emoticons signatures

Match the character to the role he or she played. said to be the most beautiful 1. Eris woman in all the land threw an apple of discord when she 2. Paris was angry gave Aphrodite the golden apple 3. Menelaus husband of Helen, calls the suitors 4.

And now," said the general, "I want to show you my new collection of heads. Will you come with me to the library?" "I hope," said Rainsford, "that you will excuse me tonight, General Zaroff. I'm really not feeling at all well.

Which extract from "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes uses sensory details to indirectly suggest an impression? A. "As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast" B. "He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon" C.

In star girls how lived in the house that was full of bones

Read this excerpt from Fever 1793. Grandfather banged his cane on the floor. "I didn't run from the redcoats, and I won't run from a dockside miasma.