Ethan is a member of the school choir. The group wants to serve the community this quarter. The choir director suggests a few ideas. Later, the choir decides to designate a group of five choir members to explore and discuss options and then bring three proposals before the whole choir at the next meeting. What benefits might result from five people weighing the options rather than only the choir director sharing ideas? Check all that apply

a quicker decision

a better variety of options

more carefully evaluated options

more donations from choir members

greater member involvement

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Andy bernard laughed at my joke, spitting out his water. complete thought incomplete thought

Compare and contrast the merits and drawbacks of at least two of the scholarly approaches to literature described in this unit. be sure to mention at least one advantage that each approach has over the other. use one of the readings from this unit in your comparison. your answer should be at least 250 words.