Study the italicized words in each of the following passages, and decide what each word’s connotations contribute to your understanding of the passage. think of a synonym for each word, and write it in the text box below along with your explanation of what difference the new word would make on the effect of the passage.

if boxing is a sport, it is the most tragic of all sports because, more than any human activity, it consumes the very excellence it displays: its very drama is this consumption.
—joyce carol oates, “on boxing”

the words "tragic" and "drama" are italicized.

The duke and the dauphin lie, cheat, and steal for the purposes of their own survival. answers: •true •false

What causes cassius to delay killing caesar? a. the crowds around caesar b. a violent storm c. brutus’s reluctance d. the disorganization it the resistance

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile