Read the following excerpt from "Notes of a Native Son" by James Baldwin: The great, gleaming apparatus which fed him and would
have compelled him to be still even if he had been able to
move brought to mind, not beneficence, but torture; the
tubes entering his arm made me think of pictures I had
seen when a child, of Gulliver, tied down by the pygmies on
that island. My aunt wept and wept, there was a whistling
sound in my father's throat; nothing was said; he could not
speak.
Which sentence best analyzes the author's use of allusion in this passage?
O A. The author mentions pygmies to show that his father will
overcome his illness like a giant.
B. The author mentions his father's throat whistling to show
everyone's helplessness to restore him.
O C. The author refers to Rapunzel's state of captivity to show his own
grief as his father is captured by death.
D. The author refers to Gulliver in order to compare the father's
helplessness to the capture of a giant.

What does water came out from a rock mean in this poem and why is it compared to the radio waltz? time was away and somewhere else. the waiter did not come, the clock forgot them and the radio waltz came out like water from a rock: time was away and somewhere else.

Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.

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