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ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 4. How does the narrator feel about the prediction made at his birth that he would have the ability to see ghosts?
Analyze a point of view or cultural experience in world literature Videos 5 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.2 Passage Drill 6. What can be inferred about the poem's audience?
Can you find the important difference between "Old Mistresses Apologue" and "Suggested Husbands for Fanny Burney"? Unfortunately, the answer isn't...
Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material Videos 5 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.10 Passage Drill 2. All of the following literary devices are used in this passage except what?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 2. What is the principle effect of the author's allusions in lines 10-11?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.3 Passage Drill 4. What literary device is demonstrated in lines 8–10?
Analyze how author’s choices in structure create mystery, suspense, or surprise Videos 5 videos
ACT Reading 2.1 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the mood of this passage?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.7 Passage Drill 5. Which line indicates the turn or shift in this poem?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 5. Line 9 is best understood as all of the following except what?
Analyze how complex characters develop and interact Videos 5 videos
ACT Reading 1.8 Prose Fiction. Why does the author spend so much time discussing the anecdote of the old woman?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.2 Passage Drill 7. Which of the following best describes the narrator's feelings about the acquisition...
CAHSEE 1.2 Passage Drill. Which of these sentences from the story best illustrates the sensitive side of the narrator's nature?
Cite textual evidence to support analysis Videos 5 videos
ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 4. How does the narrator feel about the prediction made at his birth that he would have the ability...
AP® English Language and Composition: Comprehension Drill 1, Problem 1. The speaker would agree with all of the following statements except what?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 5. Death is primarily characterized as what?
Determine and analyze a theme or central idea of a text Videos 5 videos
ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 7. The primary purpose of this passage is what?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.4 Passage Drill 3. How is Burne's view of pacifism best characterized in lines 57 through 67?