Read the introduction of a speech given by a school principal. Earth Day will be celebrated in over one hundred countries across the world next week. Students of Pine Grove High can show their compassion for the Earth by leaving cars at home and electronics unplugged for the day. Even small gestures can make a big difference! The attendance boundaries for our school span a fifteen-mile radius, but designated drop zones have been established for Earth Day. You can carpool to the drop zones and walk the remaining distance to reduce energy consumption. Crossing guards and town police will ensure the event runs smoothly. There will be a welcoming party to celebrate walkers, and a local berry farm will be supplying fruit smoothies. The author’s purpose of this speech is to inform listeners about the history of Earth Day. inform listeners about Pine Grove High’s boundaries. persuade listeners to participate in an Earth Day event. persuade listeners of the threat of an energy crisis

President kennedy uses which of the following rhetorical devices in his rice stadium moon speech? difficult vocabulary informal tone questions allegory

In what way is victor frankenstein, instead of his creation, most clearly monstrous? a.he disconnects from his family and friends. b.he wishes that he could control the world with his monster. c.he believes that he can achieve success in the scientific world. d.he becomes angry at the monster, even though he created it.

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator