Read the passage.

when my mother died i was very young,
and my father sold me while yet my tongue,
could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep.
so your chimneys i sweep & in soot i sleep.

in the first stanza from william blake’s “the chimney sweeper,” how does the speaker get his job?

he is sold to his employer by his father.

he is exchanged with money through a bribe.

he is given to his employer as a favor to his mother.


read the passage.

anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection; …

which type of persuasive appeal does jane austen use in this passage from “on making an agreeable marriage”?

logical

emotional

ethical


read the passage.

and from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
as if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing.
a mighty fountain momently was forced…

which human sound does the assonance between “fast” and “pants” echo in these lines from “kubla kahn” by samuel taylor coleridge?

the murmuring sound of people talking in low voices

the hissing sound an angry person might make

the gasping sound of a person who is out of breath

the whining sound made by a person in tears


in william blake’s “the lamb,” which word best describes the relationship between the child and the lamb?

harmonious

blissful

unequal

disruptive


read the passage.

my dearest fanny, i am writing what will not be of the smallest use to you. i am feeling differently every moment, & shall not be able to suggest a single thing that can assist your mind.—i could lament in one sentence & laugh in the next, but as to opinion or counsel i am sure none will [be] extracted worth having from this letter.

in this passage from “on making an agreeable marriage,” jane austen worries that

fanny will be insulted that austen is laughing at her

she herself feels differently with each passing moment

fanny will ignore her good advice

she has good advice to give fanny


dialect

the writer establish a character

is seldom used by writers

is an effective way to address lofty topics

is the most common language in british literature


read the passage.

i busied myself to think of a story. … i thought and pondered—vainly. i felt that blank incapability of invention which is the greatest misery of authorship, when dull nothing replies to our anxious invocations. have you thought of a story? i was asked each morning, and each morning i was forced to reply with a mortifying negative.

which of the following words best describes mary shelley’s first attempts to find an idea for a ghost story?

uncompromising

fruitless

unmotivated

ambitious

will give branliest