Read this sentence about safety gear from paragraph 3. Speaking of safety gear: Some members of this board may erroneously believe that girls’ lacrosse is unsafe because there is no requirement for protective gear.
The author includes this sentence most likely to suggest that —

Answer choices for the above question

boys wear protective gear when they play lacrosse

the audience has made assumptions about safety in girls’ lacrosse

the school board will purchase safety equipment to protect the girls

girls wear more protective gear in lacrosse than boys do

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

Which bibliography entry is written correctly and completely? a. johnson, marie. the solar age. chicago: energy options press, 2014. b. front page story. houston chronicle. 5 apr 2013. c. “will solar work? ” science news. march edition. d. friends of solar. mother earth society, accessed 15 jan 2014.

How does hughes’ poem, “let america be america again,” represent the idea of the failure of the american dream?