Cctavia E. Builer, "Furor Scribendi" from BloodChild and Other Stories. Copyright ©1996, 2005 by Octavia E. Butler. Reprinted with th Seven Stories Press, www. sevenstories. com.
In the first paragraph, the author supports her claim that writers should go to writers' workshops" (sentence 1) by
A
assessing whether workshops can improve writers' ability to judge their own works
B
noting that workshops provide opportunities to write for diverse media, including television
С
explaining how workshops can help writers learn unpleasant but valuable lessons
D
highlighting the value of workshops for writers at different stages in their careers
E
dispelling the misperception that workshops may stifle writers' creativity

No man thinks more highly than i do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house. what appeal does he primarily use here

If the author of the gift of the magi had made the reader aware of the gifts that jim had purchased in the beginning of the story this would be an example of

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.