1. PART A: Which sentence describes the main theme of the poem? A. It’s important to remain hopeful, even in the face of adversity.
B. Social change and progress takes place more quickly than you realize.
C. People often don’t realize the depth of their own prejudice.
D. The color of your skin doesn’t determine whether or not you’re American.
2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “I, too, sing America. / I am the darker brother.” (Lines 1-2)
B. “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” (Lines 3-4)
C. “Tomorrow, / I’ll be at the table” (Lines 8-9)
D. “They’ll see how beautiful I am / And be ashamed—” (Lines 16-17)
3. How is the detail of the speaker being asked to eat in the kitchen important to the theme?
A. It emphasizes the unfair treatment the speaker receives.
B. It highlights the speaker’s dissatisfaction with life in America.
C. It shows how unfriendly people are in America.
D. It reveals how unaffected the speaker is by discrimination.
4. How is the speaker affected when he is asked to eat in the kitchen?
A. The speaker is embarrassed that he is asked to eat in the kitchen.
B. The speaker is angered by the unfair treatment he receives.
C. The speaker is confident that things will change for the better.
D. The speaker is confused about the discrimination he experiences.

Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.

Use a subordinate conjunction to combine these two sentences into one sentence. the journalist met a source at the hotel. this way he would get facts for an article.

1. fallacy of logos "my favorite teacher said that we should vote for mr. martinez, so i believe he is the best." 2. fallacy of ethos "if we don't pass this environmental protection bill now, the world will probably end soon." 3. fallacy of pathos "the last time it rained, our local sports team won. it is raining today, so they will win tonight."