- lead the excerpt from Utopia. ut after the ambassadors had stayed a day among hem, and saw so vast a quantity of gold in their ouses (which was as much despised by them as it vas esteemed in other nations), and beheld more gold nd silver in the chains and fetters of one slave than all heir ornaments amounted to , their plumes fell, and hey were ashamed of all that glory for which they had ormed valued themselves, and accordingly laid it side __ This detail supports the central idea that riches are not important to Utopians, and uses an account of an event to make a larger point. It is best described as a(n) fact. analogy. anecdote. example.
- Read the following selection from the article. "Selma's Mayor Blocks another March Attempt," The Washington Times Herald, March 11, 1965, front page Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the selection above? A Selma's mayor was sympathetic toward the motivations of the marchers. B The state troopers were no longer involved with the protesters after Bloody Sunday. C The marchers tried to continue their protest even after the violence of Bloody Sunday. D The Washington Times Herald waited several days to cover the march in Selma.
- Read the selection and answer the questions. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to confront only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear;nor did I wish to practice resignation unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and. if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it and publish its meanness to the world:or if it were sublime to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion. For most men, it appears to me,are in a strange uncertainty about it, whether it is of the devil or of God and have somewhat hastily concluded that it is the chicf cnd of man here to "Glorify God and enjoy him forever." -Henry David Thoreau 1. In this selection the author states that his main purpose in going into the woods was to A. try to prove the existence of God. B. try to disprove the existence of God. (C) try to find the meaning of life, or at least to find out what life is about. D. try to commune with nature. E. try to live and die, if necessary,by himself. 2. The author states or implies that A. God does not exist. B. God does exist but it cannot be proven empirically. C. some men have hastily reached a conclusion about God's existence. D. some men have hastily reached a conclusion about the end or meaning of life. (E) Both C and D are correct. 3. The author's mood may be best described as being very A. gloomy. B. happy. C. depressed. D. determined E. irresolute. 4.It is clear that the author believes that A. there is a meaning to life. B. there is no meaning to life. (C) one must search on his own for any meaning to life. D. the meaning of life is to glorify God. E. the Spartans were the first to discover the true meaning of life
- To critique a.text, read square find details to support the author's central idea look to discover the text's most important idea examine and explain their position on a central idea
- Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato. And if so, we must infer that all things are produced more plentifully and easily and of a better quality when one man does one thing which is natural to him and does it at the right time, and leaves other things. Undoubtedly. Then more than four citizens will be required;for the husbandman will not make his own plough or mattock, or other implements of agriculture, if they are to be good for anything. Neither will the builder make his tools-and he too needs many; and in like manner the weaver and shoemaker. True. Then carpenters, and smiths.and many other artisans, will be sharers in our little State which is already beginning to grow? How does the speaker support the validity of his claim about how a society develops? He shares his ideas for establishing a viable standard of living. He describes the services that a given society would need. He converses with someone who agrees with him. He asserts that the community will expand.
