apex learning - test
instructions:
create an outline for a speech that connects a theme from
on that connects a theme from this excerpt to your own life. in the first part
of the outline, organize an explanation of what king's theme means. in the secon
"what king's theme means. in the second part of the outline,
aryarze your explanation of how this theme connects to at least one event from your
at least one event from your life. the first and
second parts of your outline do not need to be of equal length. throughout the outline,
need to be of equal length. throughout the outline, be sure to cite or
sende specific evidence from the text or from your personal experiences. also, organize ideas
appropriately, develop your argument with relevant information, and provide a concluding section. (15
points)

Which ideas are expressed as literacy themes?

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.

When abigail is interrogated by parris, she: a. claimed that tituba made her do those things. b. admitted that she asked tituba to do those things. c. said that betty and ruth were dancing naked. d. asked for forgiveness from her dear uncle.