1. Underline the noun phrases and highlight head nouns in these sentences based on President Roosevelt's “Four Freedoms” speech. Each
sentence may contain more than one noun phrase, and one noun phrase
may form part of another.
A. That is why the future of the American Republics is today in
serious danger.
B. The first phase of the invasion would not be the landing of regular
troops.
C. Our national policy in foreign affairs has been based on a decent
respect for all nations, large and small.
2. Choose a sentence from paragraph 60 of the “Four Freedoms”
speech. Copy the sentence below and underline the head nouns
and modifiers in its noun phrases.
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Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud. mark this and return

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

Malcolm x's attitude towards the dictionary could best be described as a) apathetic b) dumbfounded c) awestruck d) disinterested