Reading Work Sample Practice
English 11B - Excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
Please compare and contrast our society today with the dystopian society in the story. Be sure to
discuss at least one similarity and one difference and include specific examples (with quotations) from the
story and today (at least 5 sentences)

What is the participal phrase, the prepositional and the substitute and descriptive adjective fir "or something." stumbling up the school steps kari fell or something

Can someone explain this to me clearly plz

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people