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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other plays written in what the passage calls Shakespeare's "tragic period"?
Archetypes Videos 5 videos
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other play...
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 7. Which of the following characters is specifically mentioned as a personification of "horror and...
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 10. Which of the following is the best explanation of the term "tragedy of thought" in line 58?
Archetypes and Motifs in Drama Videos 5 videos
Prose Fiction Drill 1.10. Which of the following best describes the narrator's attitude toward his father?
ACT Reading 2.3 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the narrator's beliefs about revenge?
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 10. Which of the following is the best explanation of the term "tragedy of thought" in line 58?
Fiction Videos 1 videos
AP® English Literature and Composition Passage Drill 3, Problem 1. Which of the following can be said of the description in lines 5 through 10?
Figurative Language in Historical/Cultural Setting Videos 4 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.4 Passage Drill 5. According to lines 5 and 6, "much pleasure" derives from what?
CAHSEE 1.1 English Language Arts Passage Drill. Which line is an example of a metaphor?
Poetic Structure, Prosody, Graphic Elementss Videos 5 videos
ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?
ACT Reading 1.3 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the narrator's tone in this passage?
ACT Reading 2.9 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following words would be the best replacement for "immolation"?
Symbolism, Allegory, Allusions Videos 5 videos
This video defines analogies. What makes an analogy different from a metaphor? How can analogies help strengthen an essay?
Did you know that you, as a writer, get your own toolbox? That's right! It doesn’t even matter how badly you fouled up that sliding bookshelf you...