1. read this sentence:

which word would require you to change the y to i before adding the suffix -ed?

fray
stay
shy
try

2. read this short text:

sonya banged her fist on the podium, unaware that it would thunder through the auditorium like the clang of thor's hammer.

this sentence makes which of the following allusions?

biblical—the podium
historical—the clang
mythological—thor
pop culture—sonya

3. read this short text:

word of the approaching storm and the call to evacuate made its way through the building faster than paul revere on his famous ride, and created just as much fear.

this sentence makes which of the following allusions?

biblical—the storm
historical—paul revere
mythological—the building
pop culture—the ride

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

Choose the sentence with the correct subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. a. martha spend her days gossiping with everyone who walks by. b. each of the ushers in the wedding had to wear his rented tuxedo. c. the marching band don't raise enough money for its trip to the rose bowl parade. d. neither my sister nor i was happy when her had to move last year.

Read this excerpt from the lady of shalott by alfred, lord tennyson. in which three lines does the poet reveal the monotomy of the lady’s existence