Read the excerpt from a student’s essay.
the first mention of ship-trap island already gives the reader an uneasy feeling. whitney describes the island’s fearsome reputation among the ship’s crew as rainsford peers into the black night to see any sign of the place. he cannot see the mysterious island, and whitney knows little about it, other than that it frightens the sailors. interestingly, it fills whitney with a sense of dread as well.
which revision of the first sentence best incorporates the literary term mood?

Read these sentences from edgar allan poe's "the angel of the odd": it was a chilly november afternoon. i had just consummated an unusually hearty dinner, of which the dyspeptic truffe formed not the least important item, and was sitting alone in the dining-room with my feet upon the fender and at my elbow a small table which i had rolled up to the fire, … which element of this text suggests the events happened long ago? details about a fire descriptions of the furniture use of first-person narrator word choice and word order

Which of the following statements is true? a individual productivity is more important than group productivity b sacrifice isn’t necessary to achieve group goals c individual productivity is necessary for group productivity d waste isn’t a problem in reaching group goals

An effective thesis statement will reflect . . 1) possible weaknesses in your own argument. 2) possible weaknesses in your opponent's argument. 3) the type of document--or genre--you plan to write. 4) your attitudes about aquatic mammals