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Help with 4 assessment questions
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ILLIAD BOOK 18 QUESTIONS
1. Why does Achilles need new armor? Who makes it?
2. What becomes of Patroclus’ body? How are the Greeks able to get it back?
3. Using the explanation found in the introduction to your Iliad that we discussed in class, describe briefly the scenes portrayed from the two cities shown on Achilles’ shield. Quote one representative line that describes each city. What is Homer trying to tell us in this way?
PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO LINE NUMBERS

“How I Didn’t Get Myself to a Nunnery” – Suzanne Lummis
What is the theme? What evidence to prove it?
“How I Didn’t Get Myself to a Nunnery” poem link:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/03/didnt-get-nunnery

Text dependent analysis question: How are the details about Cassius’ swim with Caesar in lines 97-138 important to how the development of the theme ( people will often manipulate others to further their own desires ) in the scene? Use evidence from the passage to support your response

Please help me create a Johari Window worksheet to describe any of these characters in the excerpt of “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Thank you!
Tom Robinson 6. Mr. Tate
Mayella Ewell        7. Mr. Gilmer
Rob Ewell                8. Scout
Atticus Finch 9. Rev. Skyes
Jem                       10. Dill
Example:
Johari Known by the Not known by the Window character character Public Self Blind Self Known by Information that the character does not know other Information that characters everyone knows. or acknowledge (denies ), but other and/or characters and /or the the reader reader do know. Personality Private Self Unknown Self Private information Information no one Not known known only by the knows; the reader must by other character. Other make inferences about characters characters and /or aspects of the and/or the reader can only character’s personality the reader infer this that he or she is in information. denial or unaware of (hidden potential).

Intro to Linguistics/Phonetics
can you please answer these questions, Thank you
Please select the—correct answer, unless otherwise indicated there is only one correct answer for each question. 1. The sentence ‘Colorless green ideas sleep ?riousbz’ is grammatical. a) True b) False 2. What is an idiolect? a) The dialect that unintelligent people use b) Each person’s unique way of speaking c) A dialect found in east Asia d) The way a group in an entire region speaks 3. The difference in the sentences ‘ Why can it! go?’ and the AAVE variant ‘ Why I can i’ go?’ is a: a) Lexical Difference b) Morphological Difference c) Phonological Difference d) Syntactic Difference 4. The use of the peace sign with our hands is an example of: a) Beat 13) Emblem c) Gesture d) Iconic 5. Standard American English has a) Covert prestige b) Overt prestige c) None of the above 6. The word bookworm was formed using which word-formation process? a) Compounding b) Clippage c) Conversion d) Borrowing 7. The word antidfsestablishmentariamlsm was formed using which word-formation process? a) Conversion b) Coinage c) Derivation d) Borrowing
8. wrath (with an American English pronunciation) 8. Taking the verb heat and adding an -er to form the noun heater is an example of… a. /wra0/ a) Adding a derivational morpheme to a word b. /rae0/ b) Adding an inflectional morpheme to a word c. /rao/ 9. Taking the adjective tall and adding an -er to form the adjective taller is an example of… 9. obsolete a) Adding a derivational morpheme to a word a. /absolit/ b) Adding an inflectional morpheme to a word b. /aubsolit/ c. /absalito/ 10. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT LETTERS. William Labov’s sociolinguistic study on NYC English focused on the dropping of ‘r’s in words like ‘park’, 10. appease car’, and ‘mark’. This use or lack of use of the ‘r’ sound was the in Labov’s study. This r-dropping, a. /appiz/ used by working class New Yorkers, was only one of the features of their . Aside from social class, a /zide/ q can also include gender, age, and education among others. /side/ . IPA Transcription a. Social dialect Please transcribe the following words, surround your transcription with / /. b. Social Variable (Here is a link to an IPA ‘picker’: https://r12a.github.io/pickers/ipa/) c. Linguistic Variable 11. stretch 12. those Part 2 – Phonology/Morphology 13. whale Morpheme counts How many morphemes are in the following words? 14. guitar 15. bringing 1. cranberry 2. antimatter 16. chasm (https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yXYY14fkTA check out that link for reference on what the word-initial consonant sounds like if you are confused) 3. unthinkable 17. dilapidate 4. water 5. flammability Select the best transcription 6. school a. /skul b. /scul// C. /skoo/ 7. remix a. /remix/ o. /rimikz/ c. /rimiks/

Analyze the poem “Matilda” by Hilaire Belloc focusing on the themes of disobedience and punishment.
Matilda
Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,
It made one Gasp and Stretch one’s Eyes;
Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,
Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,
Attempted to Believe Matilda:
The effort very nearly killed her,
And would have done so, had not She
Discovered this Infirmity.
For once, towards the Close of Day,
Matilda, growing tired of play,
And finding she was left alone,
Went tiptoe to the Telephone
And summoned the Immediate Aid
Of London’s Noble Fire-Brigade.
Within an hour the Gallant Band
Were pouring in on every hand,
From Putney, Hackney Downs, and Bow
With Courage high and Hearts a-glow
They galloped, roaring through the Town
‘Matilda’s House is Burning Down!’
Inspired by British Cheers and Loud
Proceeding from the Frenzied Crowd,
They ran their ladders through a score
Of windows on the Ball Room Floor;
And took Peculiar Pains to Souse
The Pictures up and down the House,
Until Matilda’s Aunt succeeded
In showing them they were not needed;
And even then she had to pay
To get the Men to go away!
It happened that a few Weeks later
Her Aunt was off to the Theatre
To see that Interesting Play
The Second Mrs Tanqueray
.
She had refused to take her Niece
To hear this Entertaining Piece:
A Deprivation Just and Wise
To Punish her for Telling Lies.
That Night a Fire
did
break out-
You should have heard Matilda Shout!
You should have heard her Scream and Bawl,
And throw the window up and call
To People passing in the Street-
(The rapidly increasing Heat
Encouraging her to obtain
Their confidence)-but all in vain!
For every time She shouted ‘Fire!’
They only answered ‘Little Liar’!
And therefore when her Aunt returned,
Matilda, and the House, were Burned.

2. What, to Senator Smith, are the significant characteristics of the Republican Party and the Democratic Administration at the
time she is delivering this speech? Why is she concerned about both of them? Cite textual evidence to support your answer.

The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
Antithesis is a type of parallelism. It presents contrasting ideas in similar grammatical structures. Like parallelism, antithesis creates a rhythm in writing. It also draws attention to opposing, or contrasting, ideas.
Parallelism: Find your dream. Nurture your dream. Live your dream.
Antithesis: Spring hints at life; autumn hints at death.
A.       DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence. Underline the opposing or contrasting elements.
1.       We all want war to end and peace to begin.
2.       We must remember: we cannot forget our past.
3.       Our task is simple, in a way, but our task is also complex.
4.       Education is freedom; ignorance is slavery.

E2E “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu
Literary Analysis
Short Response Practice
Context: Click here for the assignment, or copy and paste it on a window/tab to see the assignment. All details will be there.
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The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu PDF
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12N4IHH3oEGRmdeoYXRus3g1EsrMOtqf9/view
Record a rough draft of a one-paragraph short essay for Ken Liu’s short story, The Paper Menagerie. The themes in this story are powerful for young people, so I want to mix it up a bit and have you record a REACTION response (instead of literary analysis) for this story. This time, you may choose to write in the first person (“I” and “me”). Please record a sentence paragraph on the following topic:
Explain what the reader is supposed to learn about life from the short story, The Paper Menagerie, then apply this lesson to your own experiences with your family/friends.
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PROOFREAD YOUR DRAFT AND RECORD A FINAL COPY
Here are some writing tips:
?      Each sentence shouldn’t be on a separate line. Paragraphs don’t have spaces between each sentence; they all flow together.
?      If you see a red squiggle, you misspelled something; fix it.
?      If you see a blue squiggle, you have a grammatical error; fix it.
?      Start sentences with capital letters and end with periods.
?      Use a formal tone (avoid “I,” “me,” and “you”). This is academic writing.
?      Avoid using slang words
?      Edit out non-descriptive words and replace them with something more specific (ex. Replace “a lot” with “many,” “several,” or “numerous.”
Final Copy of Writing for The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu