Question 8 of 10What strategy does the author of the essay "Reading Shakespeare" suggest will help you understand difficult lines in Shakespeare's plays?A.Skip unknown words.B.Consult a study guide.C.Read the lines out loud.D.Define each word.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 9 of 16Why did Shakespeare choose to write this play in the meter of iambic pentameter?A.He wanted it be more interesting to read silently in a book.B.He wanted it to have a more natural, lyrical flow that is pleasing to the ear.C.He wanted it to have a light and playful sound to it.D.He wanted it to be very difficult to read aloud and to make the reader work.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Select the correct text in the passage.Which sentence most refines the idea that the author needs very little to encourage him to write?(2) In the ordinary way, when Shakespeare writes a tragedy, or Mr. Blank gives you one of his charming little essays, a certain amount of thought goes on before pen is put to paper. One cannot write "Scene I. An Open Place. Thunder and Lightning. Enter Three Witches," or "As I look up from my window, the nodding daffodils beckon to me to take the morning," one cannot give of one's best in this way on the spur of the moment. At least, others cannot. But when I have a new nib in my pen, then I can go straight from my breakfast to the blotting-paper, and a new sheet of foolscap fills itself magically with a stream of blue-black words. When poets and idiots talk of the pleasure of writing, they mean the pleasure of giving a piece of their minds to the public; with an old nib a tedious business. They do not mean (as I do) the pleasure of the artist in seeing beautifully shaped "k's" and sinuous "s's" grow beneath his steel. Anybody else writing this article might wonder "Will my readers like it?" I only tell myself "How the compositors2 will love it!"

Multiple Choice: 1 pointPurposes: Identify whether the rhetorical purpose in the following statement belongs to the writer (author) or the reader (audience). If they belong to the writer, identify whether they are intended to inform or persuade, and if they belong to the reader, identify whether they are more passive or active.Statement: A student attends A Midsummer Night's Dream, the comedy written by William Shakespeare, and then writes a summary of the play.Group of answer choicesWriter-informativeWriter-persuasiveReader-passiveReader-actie

Which piece of advice would most help a poet giving a public reading?A.Write observations in a notebook.B.Revise after writing a first draft.C.Look up word etymologies.D.Speak loudly and clearly.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Questions 1-7Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs A-G.Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.Write the correct number i-x in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.List of Headingsi. Early years of Gilbert  ii. What was new about his scientific research method  iii. The development of chemistry  iv. Questioning traditional astronomy  v. Pioneers of the early science  vi. Professional and social recognition  vii. Becoming the president of the Royal Science Society  viii. The great works of Gilbert  ix. His discovery about magnetism  x. His change of focus 1 Paragraph A2 Paragraph B3 Paragraph C4 Paragraph D5 Paragraph E6 Paragraph F7 Paragraph G