Excerpt adapted from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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A beautiful landscape, with the corn bright in it, but not abundant. Patches of poor rye where cor
beans, patches of most coarse vegetable substitutes for wheat.
Monsieur the Marquis in his traveling carriage (which might have been lighter), conducted by fou
up a steep hill. A blush on the countenance of Monsieur the Marquis was no fault of his high breedi
an external circumstance beyond his control-the setting sun. In effect, the sun was so low that it di
But there remained a broken country hold and onen a little village at the bottom of the hill a h-
Select the correct answer.
What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A.
to compare rural and urban lifestyles
B.
to expose neglect of the poor and hungry

In which sentence does the underlined adverb modify a verb? (i’ll put the words that are underlined in caps) a. water young plants often. b. water young plants rather often. c. we generally water young plants often. d. water very young plants often.

Hurry 20 mins left! study the timeline of russian history, and read the passage from chapter 1 of animal farm. "is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? only get rid of man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. almost overnight we could become rich and free. what then must we do? why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! that is my message to you, comrades: rebellion! " which event most likely influenced the writing of this passage? the 1905 massacre of people who were protesting their poor living conditions the 1917 bolshevik revolution, which was inspired by the ideals of lenin the development of the union of soviet socialist republics by lenin in 1922 the collectivization of agriculture by the communist party in russia in 1928

Questions 1–2: identify the dependent clause and circle the independent clause. 1. since carmen was so hungry, she stopped at the deli and bought a sandwich. 2. the train was running late as usual, so kristen decided to call a taxi.