Read the following excerpt Patricia Hampl’s “The Need to Say it” and answer the question. She kept her distance from the printed word of English, but she lavished attention on her lodge newspaper which came once a month, written in the quaint nineteenth-century Czech she and her generation had brought to America before the turn of the century. Like a wedding cake saved from the feast, this language, over the years, had become a fossil, still recognized but no longer something to be put in the mouth. In the excerpt above, what is NOT being implied? The author did not see the value in learning Czech. Grandmother held English books far away from her face. The author loved reading books written in English. Grandmother preferred she learned and read books in Czech.

Which is the best topic sentence for this letter? a) amelia grady likes the middle school fundraiser. b) the basketball team at kennedy middle school enjoys its community. c) kennedy middle school wants to get the community involved in its activities. d) kennedy middle school has organized an event in which you may be interested.

The consequence of jim smiley’s human foible adds to the story’s humor. what foible does smiley demonstrate?

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.