Read the excerpt from "mother tongue
those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as "even though tom was
mary thought he was "and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of
thoughts, for example, "even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous." well, according to my
mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so
i never did well on tests like that.
which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that achievement tests ignore imagination as an element of
language ability?
tan's mother would not be able to answer a question like the one descnbed in the excerpt
tan's mother could think of several ways to answer a question like the one described in the excerpt
tan's mother did not allow her to take tests with questions like the one described in the excerpt
tan's mother was disappointed that tan did poorly on tests with questions like the one described in the excerpt

What is one way that shakespeare uses source material in othello? to establish lago's jealous natureto describe why lago loves the moor's wifeto illustrate lago's skill on a battlefieldto explain how lago became so close to the moon

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?