8. PART A: Which of the following best describes how the language of the excerpt contributes to the tone? (RL.4)
a. The language of the excerpt is often dramatic and passionate, speaking to the
monster's own passionate emotions and tone.
b. The language of the excerpt is long-winded, mimicking Frankenstein's educated
speech and contributing to the mocking, harsh tone.
c. The language of the excerpt is inconsistent and jumbled, representative of the
monster's mixed emotions and contributing to the sad, lost tone.
d. The language of the excerpt is short and terse, communicating the monster's
hatred and angry tone.

Match each word from richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game" to its correct meaning. placid doggedly zealous scruples with determination arrowright extremely passionate arrowright morals arrowright calm arrowright

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

Name two events that gatsby tells nick about that nick finds suspect . what proof does gatsby offer ?