Read the claim and reason. claim: our school should start a shakespearean student society. reason: students are introduced to shakespeare’s writing once they enter high school. what evidence best supports the student’s reason? william shakespeare’s plays were performed to enthusiastic audiences in sixteenth-century england. our school offers a variety of clubs, ranging from foreign language to chess. three shakespearean plays are studied in ninth grade, including the tragedy romeo and juliet. student clubs meet after school monday through thursday, and over seventy-five percent of the student body participates.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "you just don't understand," she said, as maggie and i came out to the car. "what don't i understand? " i wanted to know. "your heritage," she said, and then she turned to maggie, kissed her, and said, "you ought to try to make something of yourself, too, maggie. it's really a new day for us. but from the way you and mama still live you'd never know it." in the excerpt above, what can the reader infer about dee's opinion of her sister? she admires maggie for preserving the family traditions. she feels superior to maggie because she is uneducated. she feels sorry for maggie because of her poverty. she respects maggie because of her resilience.

How does visiting the place of the gods affect the narrator? a. he discovers that it is unwise to have an inquiring mind b. he learns that there is nothing supernatural to fear in the destroyed city c. he renounces everything he learned from the priests and his father d. he understands that the past has nothing of interest for people of the present

“to build a fire” what does the man realize as he’s trying to light the matches? what difficulty occurs when the man finally lights all of his matches at once?