In the sample persuasive essay introduction, which
sentence is the context or
topic?
A. 1. More and more colleges and
universities are waiving SAT and ACT
scores for admission...
B. 2. Members of the academic
community often debate the need for
standardized tests; while some...
C. 3. It is obvious that standardized tests
do not accurately measure academic ability
and should be...

4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile

Which characteristic is common to memoirs? a. they analyze all sides of a particular issue. b. they give the entire life story of an author. c. they may include fictional characters. d. they are written in first-person point of view.

In this unit activity, you will analyze aspects of the medieval english stories  the canterbury tales  and  sir gawain and the green knight.  you will also read george orwell’s essay “politics and the english language,” analyze it, and express your own views on how language usage changes over time.