Read the excerpt from a student’s essay.

from the beginning, rainsford is an individual who enjoys the hunt and wastes no thought on the animals he kills. on the boat, whitney expresses some empathy for the animals they hunt, while rainsford scoffs at the notion that animals feel fear or any other emotion. in fact, rainsford belittles whitney, telling him that "[t]he world is made up of two classes—the hunters and the huntees. luckily, you and i are the hunters.”

which revision of the first sentence most effectively incorporates the literary term characterized?

at the beginning of the story, rainsford characterized himself as a man who enjoys the hunt.
from the onset of the story, rainsford is characterized as an experienced hunter who feels no remorse.
from the first scene, rainsford is trying to be characterized as a good hunter with much experience.
immediately, rainsford has characterized himself as a very strong hunter without a conscience.

Which of these sentences exhibits proper usage? a. many doctors affiliated with university hospital expressed concern about the policy (moore 5). b. many doctors affiliated with university hospital expressed concern about the policy (moore 5). c. many doctors affiliated with university hospital expressed concern about the policy (moore 5). d. many doctors affiliated with university hospital expressed concern about the policy (moore 5).

Select the correct answer to which literary movement did ambrose bierce belong? a.romanticism b.realism c.naturalism d.neoclassicism

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.