Read the selection introducing Marcus Holley. Like Couch, Marcus Holley of Omaha, Nebraska, started out making desks for his own children.
Hardly a carpenter, the father of eight searched online and found a simple design for desks. They
cost about $24 to build.
What does the author MOST likely want the reader to think about Holley based on this selection?

a. He is an expert carpenter who has been building things for his eight kids for a long time.

b. He is an expert carpenter who has been building things for his eight kids for a long time.

c. He is great at teaching people how to make desks at home because he already made so many.

d. He is great at teaching people how to make desks at home because he already made so many.

that’s the kind of bug henry was; and if we’d a had him along ’stead of our kings, he’d a fooled that town a heap worse than ourn done.”

which of the following statements about considering your audience and purpose is false?

you should think about what your audience already knows about your topic.- first choice

32.how is the rhythm in a lyric poem created?

by stressing certain words or syllables- first choice

33. which of the following describes an elegy?

a poem expressing sorrow for someone who has died- third choice

34.how does the audience know that the play is moving on to a new scene?

the scenery, lighting, and props change.-last choice

35. the internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer systems all over the world.- third choice

36. which of the topic sentences below best states the paragraph’s main idea?

there are several ways for students to earn money.- third choice

37.what tone does this passage convey?

satirical- third choice

38.what point is he trying to make by wearing the veil for most of his life?

he means to show that everyone, not just he, has experienced sin and sorrow and should therefore try not to hide it from others or from god.- first choice

39.based on the sentence’s context clues, how do you think the character feels?

excited- third choice

40.what tone does this passage convey?

pessimistic- second choice

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