AP Lang Unit 2 Progress check MCQ: in the fourth passage, the author includes a quotation by Einstein primarily to a) appeal to the authority of a figure shook her audience is likely to respect

b) suggest that Einstein developed his intelligence mainly through playing games

c) imply that Einstein’s theories were vital to the development of certain digital games

d) surprise her audience by making a connection between Einstein and computer games

e) voice a possible objection to her argument to a noted historical figure

Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.

What does the simile add to the passage

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.