Question 7 of 10

multiple choice: select the best answer and click "submit."

when you read news online, what do you need to keep in mind about bias?

a. some internet news sources are less strict about staying bias free.
b. reputable radio and t. v. new stations avoid posting material online.
c. the news feeds online are not updated as often as print media.
d. authors' names are never included on online articles.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

The empire state building was a.constructed by one hundred workers. b.was first lit up by president roosevelt. c.has more than one hundred stories. d took several years to complete.

2pointsread this passage: "don't worry about me," i said. "i'm not tired at all." oh no,i'm feeling dizzy. this is what they call passing out. don'tdo that. don't pass out. stay upright – stay awake.how does the difference between the character's spoken words and internalthoughts affect the story? oa. it establishes the setting.ob. it introduces a new character.c. it creates dramatic tension.d. it ties up loose ends.