Good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now it's another one, and another. They look like tentacles to me.Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, 1938What evidence from the text allows you to conclude that the passage is in the present tense?A.TheyB.likeC.it'sD.outSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now it's another one, and another. They look like tentacles to me.Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, 1938This passage from the radio broadcast War of the Worlds uses which verb tense?A.FutureB.PastC.PresentD.IrregularSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The War of the Worlds by H. G. WellsBut, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow . . . Then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me and then another.The War of the Worlds (radio broadcast) by Orson WellesGood heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now it's another one, and another. They look like tentacles to me.Which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast?A.The book has an angrier tone.B.The book has a scarier tone.C.The book has a more matter-of-fact tone.D.The book has a more surprised tone.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following transcript of the end of Orson Welles's radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds, in which a narrator remembers a time when aliens invaded Earth. During the radio broadcast, many audience members became convinced that the story of an alien invasion was truly happening.We annihilated the world before your very ears tonight, and utterly destroyed the C.B.S. You will be relieved, I hope, to learn that we didn't mean it, and that both institutions are still open for business. So goodbye everybody, and remember the terrible lesson you learned tonight. That grinning, glowing, globular invader of your living room is an inhabitant of the pumpkin patch, and if your doorbell rings and nobody's there, that was no Martian . . . it's Hallowe'en.Based on the transcript, what did Welles most likely want people to consider after listening to his broadcast?A.That the book of The War of the Worlds is better than the radio playB.How vulnerable they were to the messages of mediaC.How damaging radio is to people's moralityD.That the events really could happenSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Barnacles1by Sidney LanierMy soul is sailing through the sea,But the Past is heavy and hindereth me.The Past hath crusted cumbrous shellsThat hold the flesh of cold sea-mells5 About my soul.The huge waves wash, the high waves roll,Each barnacle clingeth and worketh doleAnd hindereth me from sailing!Old Past, let go, and drop i' the sea10 Till fathomless waters cover thee!For I am living, but thou art dead;Thou drawest back, I strive aheadThe Day to find.Thy shells unbind! Night comes behind;15 I needs must hurry with the windAnd trim me best for sailing.________________________________________________1. small shellfish that attach themselves to ships and rocks10Select the correct answer.Which sentence best expresses a theme of “Barnacles”? A. The past can keep a person from making progress. B. Learning from past experiences is the only way to move forward. C. It is important to maintain one’s possessions in good condition. D. Moving against the tide can be difficult and lonely.

d this passage:And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily toward me across that incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were sending us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth.H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898Which words in the passage help create a sense of fear and anxiety?A.every minuteB.so remoteC.the earthD.the ThingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS