Read the excerpt from "the weary blues."

he made that poor piano moan with melody.
o blues!
swaying to and fro on his rickety stool
he played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool.
sweet blues!
coming from a black man's soul.
o blues!

the phrases “o blues! ” and “sweet blues! ” are examples of
a.)alliteration.
b.)repetition.
c.)hyperbole.
d.)simile.

1which is an example of a claim? a . . never give up on a goal or dream just because someone tells you it’s impossible. b people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. c a rude remark is like a piece of litter in a national park—the best thing to do is throw it in the garbage where it belongs. d 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. review the sentence. actually, we the chair in spain about 20 years ago. 2 which correctly completes the sentence? actually, we the chair in spain about 20 years ago. buy buyed bought boughten

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.