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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other plays written in what the passage calls Shakespeare's "tragic period"?
Archetypes Videos 5 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 6. Which of the following best explains the relationship between the title and the content...
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other play...
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 7. Which of the following characters is specifically mentioned as a personification of "horror and...
Archetypes and Motifs in Drama Videos 5 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.7 Passage Drill 4. The ongoing emphasis on vegetation and nature in the poem classifies it as which of...
ACT Reading 2.3 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the narrator's beliefs about revenge?
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 10. Which of the following is the best explanation of the term "tragedy of thought" in line 58?
Fiction Videos 1 videos
AP® English Literature and Composition Passage Drill 3, Problem 1. Which of the following can be said of the description in lines 5 through 10?
Figurative Language in Historical/Cultural Setting Videos 4 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.4 Passage Drill 5. According to lines 5 and 6, "much pleasure" derives from what?
CAHSEE 1.1 English Language Arts Passage Drill. Which line is an example of a metaphor?
Poetic Structure, Prosody, Graphic Elementss Videos 5 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 5. What is the principle effect of the anaphora in lines 10-12?
ACT Reading 1.3 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the narrator's tone in this passage?
ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?
Symbolism, Allegory, Allusions Videos 5 videos
This video defines analogies. What makes an analogy different from a metaphor? How can analogies help strengthen an essay?
PSAT 2.2 Reading Diagnostic. What is the main rhetorical effect of this phrase in the second paragraph?