Read the sentence.
the restaurants on the pier in monterey handed out samples of clam chowder.
which identifies the type of noun boldfaced in the sentence?
a. common
b. proper
c. noncount
d. pronoun

2. which of the following statements best summarizes the role of media in changing attitudes toward smoking?

a. media used to protray smoking as something everybody did; now media protray smoking as a personal choice.
b. media used to protray smoking as something that beautiful woman and masculine men did; now media campaigns emphasize the financial costs of smoking.
c. media used to protray smoking as patriotic; now media protray smoking as un-american.
d. media used to protray smoking as cool and sophisticated; now media protray smoking as dangerous.

3. read the passage:
i've known rivers:
i've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
identify the allusion. then identify the effect of that allusion.

a. the speaker alludes to rivers from his childhood; the effect is that the reader understands that the rivers were created by african american.
b. the speaker alludes to rivers from his childhood; the effect is that the rivers are part of the collective voice.
c. the speaker alludes to rivers as old as civilization itself; the reader recongnizes that the poet is intelligent.
d. the speaker alludes to rivers as old as civilization itself; the poet shows how the survival of his people is like the long life of the rivers.

In "there will come soft rains," why does the author turn the house into a mechanical creature? a. to stress how well run the future will be b. to keep readers from realizing at the start that no humans are present c. to stress how scientific advances can create the perfect society d. to compare the present with the earlier, non-mechanical times

My cat and my dog like best friends

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.