What materials do the soldiers use to build the house?
What will be an ideal response?
- The soldiers use human bodies, which they “hammer . . . into the earth / like nails.” This detail gives the poem an unreal, dreamlike aspect. It also suggests that the poem has a symbolic or even allegorical level of meaning.
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Why would you discard an inference?
a) because it doesn't fit all the facts b) because it comes before the main idea c) because it fits all of the evidence d) because there is a topic sentence
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What does the narrator mean by "Nobody questioned the purple; he had only to wear it passively"?
What will be an ideal response?
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Contrast writing means . .
a. showing the differences in two things or incidents, etc. b. proving that no two things are exactly alike c. providing strong evidence that one thing is better than another
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The instructor asked her a challenging question
The pronoun her is in the singular objective case. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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