by Charles Dickens (excerpt)And then I told Joe that I felt very miserable, and that I hadn't been able to explain myself to Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook, who were so rude to me, and that there had been a beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham's who was dreadfully proud, and that she had said I was common, and that I knew I was common, and that I wished I was not common, and that the lies had come of it somehow, though I didn't know how.This was a case of metaphysics, at least as difficult for Joe to deal with as for me. But Joe took the case altogether out of the region of metaphysics, and by that means vanquished it."There's one thing you may be sure of, Pip," said Joe, after some rumination, "namely, that lies is lies. Howsever they come, they didn't ought to come, and they come from the father of lies, and work round to the same. Don't you tell no more of 'em, Pip. That ain't the way to get out of being common, old chap. And as to being common, I don't make it out at all clear. You are oncommon in some things. You're oncommon small. Likewise you're a oncommon scholar."No, I am ignorant and backward, Joe.""Why, see what a letter you wrote last night! Wrote in print even! I've seen letters—Ah! and from gentlefolks!—that I'll swear weren't wrote in print," said Joe."I have learnt next to nothing, Joe. You think much of me. It's only that.""Well, Pip," said Joe, "be it so or be it son't, you must be a common scholar afore you can be a oncommon one, I should hope! The king upon his throne, with his crown upon his ed, can't sit and write his acts of Parliament in print, without having begun, when he were a unpromoted Prince, with the alphabet.—Ah!" added Joe, with a shake of the head that was full of meaning, "and begun at A too, and worked his way to Z. And I know what that is to do, though I can't say I've exactly done it."There was some hope in this piece of wisdom, and it rather encouraged me.10Select the correct answer.How does Pip’s interaction with Joe develop the theme of perseverance in the excerpt? A. At the beginning, Pip feels mournful, but by the end he feels joyous. B. At the beginning, Pip feels resentful, but by the end he feels satisfied. C. At the beginning, Pip feels isolated but by the end he feels accepted. D. At the beginning, Pip feels blue, but by the end he feels optimistic.Reset

The following text is adapted from Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel Great Expectations. The speaker and Joe are in a cottage on a cold night. Joe made the fire and swept the hearth, and then we went to the door to listen for the chaise-cart. It was a dry cold night, and the wind blew keenly, and the frost was white and hard. A man would die to-night of lying out on the marshes, I thought. And then I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole? It illustrates a character’s prediction of the future.eliminateIt reveals a character’s lack of empathy. eliminate It continues the previous sentence’s detailed description of the setting. eliminate It establishes a scenario a character is imagining.

explain the tone of "The Shoemaker" By: Charles DickensTone: The tone of the story can be characterized as sympathetic and compassionate

adapted from Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens     “My name,” he said, “is Jaggers, and I am a lawyer in London. I have unusual business to conduct with you. Now, Joseph Gargery, I am the bearer of an offer to relieve you of this young fellow, Pip, your apprentice.”     Joe and I gasped and looked at one another.     “I am instructed to communicate to him,” said Mr. Jaggers, throwing his finger at me sideways, “that he will come into a fine piece of property. Further, that it is the desire of the present possessor of that property, that he be immediately removed from his present sphere of life, and from this place, and be brought up as a gentleman—in a word, as a young fellow of great expectations.”     My dream was out! Miss Havisham was going to make my fortune on a grand scale.     “Now, Mr. Pip,” pursued the lawyer, “I address the rest of what I have to say, to you. You are to understand, first, that it is the request of the person from whom I take my instructions that you always bear the name of Pip. You will have no objection, I dare say, to your great expectations being weighed down with that easy condition. But if you have any objection, this is the time to mention it.”38Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.How does Pip’s interaction with Jaggers advance the plot?The interaction between Pip and Jaggers .

Read the following passage:I knew how to act and the right things to say, but I felt like a phony. I really cared about Lilly and I wanted her parents to like me, but this world was so different from mine. I wasn't comfortable in these clothes or around their friends. I felt like they could see right through me — like they knew where I came from and who my parents were.Which best explains how this passage develops the narrator's internal conflict?A.It explores the narrator's feelings about choosing between his family and his future.B.It shows that he is questioning the seriousness of his relationship with Lilly.C.It expresses the tension between who the narrator is and who he is pretending to be.D.It implies that Lilly's parents and their friends are not happy with her relationship with the narrator.

Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her grammar and mechanics?In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Pip, a young orphan, is sent by his sister to the home of Miss Havisham, a wealthy, eccentric woman. There he meets Estella, a beautiful girl whom he falls hopelessly in love with. On one visit to Miss Havisham's, Pip encounters a boy who challenges him to a fight; wanting to impress Estella, he hits the boy. "I never have been so surprised in my life as I was when I let out the first blow and saw him lying on his back, looking up at me with a bloody nose", Pip recounts. Estella seems delighted and says to Pip "Come here! You may kiss me if you like".by using semicolons correctlyby fixing run-on sentencesby punctuating quotations correctlySubmit