Sentimentality can _____. work against an author because it might cause readers to reject a story or its characters work against an author because it might cause readers to want more excitement or plot twists help an author because it makes a plot more interesting help an author because it makes a story more realistic

The answer is A work against an author because it might cause readers to reject a story or its characters

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Infamy Speech
December 8, 1941

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to the Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.

It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.

Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island.

Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.

As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.

Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.

With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounded determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God.

I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire."

Which answer best summarizes the nature of relations between the two countries prior to the attacks?

Both parties knew that at some point war would be unavoidable.
Neither party had anticipated the outbreak of war soon.
Peaceful negotiations to ensure peace had been underway.
Some hints that negotiations would prove fruitless had been given.

In how the other half lives, jacob riis wrote: "with half a chance it might have lived; but it had none. that dark bedroom killed it." what does this mean?apex

Dormant and Dominant A. Synonyms B. Antonyms C. Neither

What does miss maudie tell scout about boo? how does this compare with what scout already believes?

Initiation poem by sylvia plath is about what

What does it mean to revise a piece of writing

As long as people have different ________, everyone has a comparative advantage in something

Read this phrase from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California." I wandered in and out of the brilliant stacks of cans following you, and followed in my imagination by the store detective. From this excerpt, it can best be inferred that the speaker is unconcerned about the time. searching for a particular item. being closely watched for shoplifting. overwhelmed by the multitude of choices.

What does the dialogue that J.D. Salinger used in this excerpt from The Catcher in the Rye reveal about the speaker? "Something like that—a guy getting hit on the head with a rock or something—tickled the pants off Ackley. 'You have a d*mn good sense of humor, Ackley kid,' I told him. ‘You know that?' "

A. He is sarcastic
B. He is honest
C.He is confused
D. He is a liar

Which of the following statements is true of taking responsibility?        A. You're unlikely to get control of your life when you blame others for your mistakes.   B. Blaming another for your mistake is sensible when your accusation can be proven.   C. You can't expect people to respect you if you make too many mistakes.   D. If you correct a mistake quickly, no one else needs to know about it.  

Match the description of each speech to the most likely occasion on which it was delivered.

Which description is an example of an allegory?

A. O. Henry's "The Ransom of Red Chief" recounts the story of two bandits who kidnap a spoiled little boy for ransom but later pay his father to take him back.
B. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin, tells the story of 16 people who are heirs to a large inheritance, but they must discover their benefactor’s killer in order to inherit the money.
C. "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton is a thought-provoking story that asks a tough question: Would a woman rather see the man she loves with another woman or be mauled by a tiger?
D. William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies is a thrilling story about a group of boys surviving after a plane crash without the guidance of adults. It's also a tale about the struggle between civilization and savagery.

An argument appeals to

A. emotions and ethics
B. logic and reason
C. humor and comfort
D. interests and opinions

Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from “The Cold Equations:” "No!" She recoiled from him as though he had struck her, one hand half upraised as though to fend him off and stark unwillingness to believe in her eyes.

When is a creative work considered to be copyrighted? when it bears a registered copyright mark when it is first printed or recorded when it is published on the open market when it is sold or distributed

Which of these sentences uses a semicolon appropriately?
A) Although the concert doesn't start for over an hour; most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall.
B) The concert doesn't start for over an hour; though, most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall.
C) Most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall; however, the concert doesn't start for over an hour.
D) Even though the concert doesn't start for over an hour; however, most of the fans have already arrived at the concert hall.

Jack was envious when his cousin Maci became Valedictorian her senior year. "Some people are just born smart, and they don’t have to work for anything," he told himself later as he started another level in his video game. Of course, he wasn’t around all those late nights that Maci spent studying and working on her course work. Jack was jealous when his other cousin Carter became homecoming king. "Some people are just more popular, no matter what," Jack thought while watching the newest Netflix series. He wasn’t with Carter while Carter made signs and tiredly campaigned for himself either. Jack was the most jealous when his younger cousin Cale became the starting quarterback, though. "Some people are just blessed with athletic skills," he told himself as he scrolled through his Facebook feed. And of course, Jack was not with Cale during the endless hours of practice, time spent learning plays, and conditioning drills. "One day, I’ll be lucky and something great will happen to me," Jack though, as he crunched into his Big Mac and fries.


3. What happens in the story that leads you to believe the theme?

What type of noun is the word in bold? samuel looked for an answer to the problem by reading his textbook.

a. proper?

The most outstanding metaphor is "the cherry hung with snow." what two basically unlike things are being compared? why is the metaphor effective?

What is the literary style of Gulliver's Baubles?

I gave the information to her, but anyone could have copied it for himself. which underlined word is an indefinite pronoun?

Before publication in a reputable journal, the findings of a research study must undergo scrutiny by experts in the field in a process known as ____.​

How is the following passage from a cause-and-effect essay organized? Even if the bill is late, the date in the upper-right corner must be entered in the database. If the date of entry is accidentally entered instead of the bill date, the accounting department will not be able to write a check for the bill. According to Ms. Garcia, the department manager, the date is essential for tracking and paying bills. subject by subject by chronological order point by point by order of importance

For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery…


Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?....No, sir….They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.


…Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? …If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!


Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!


Write a paragraph in which you explain how Patrick Henry uses, repeats, and refines the meanings of the words chains and slavery to support his argument.

What audience does Roosevelt address

When the mysterious character living in the shadows is brought food and keys, which character is the mystery character urged to locate?

(LC) In this speech Roosevelt termed, for the first time, journalists as muckrakers. Muck-rake- n. A rake for scraping up muck or dung Muckrake- v. To search out and publicly expose real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1906 In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward, with the muck-rake in his hand; who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor. In Pilgrim's Progress the Man with the Muck-rake is set forth as the example of him whose vision is fixed on carnal instead of on spiritual things. Yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty, and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that which is vile and debasing. Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the floor and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed. But the man who never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck-rake, speedily becomes, not a help to society, not an incitement to good, but one of the most potent forces for evil. There are, in the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful. . . To assail the great and admitted evils of our political and industrial life with such crude and sweeping generalizations as to include decent men in the general condemnation means the searing of the public conscience. There results a general attitude either of cynical belief in and indifference to public corruption or else of a distrustful inability to discriminate between the good and the bad. Either attitude is fraught with untold damage to the country as a whole. The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well-nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad. There is nothing more distressing to every good patriot, to every good American, than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter. Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition. In the line, "Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition," the word "but" shows an opposite relationship between a vacant mind and high emotions, so we can conclude that high emotions are
   A.negative
  B.angry
 C.indifferent
D.admirable

Which strategy will help you revise your choice of words to achieve your purpose?

In "Any Human to Another," Countee Cullen compares the plight of the African American people to a deep-piercing arrow in order to
A. frighten the reader.
B. add interest and color to the poem.
C. exaggerate the aggression of their foes.
D. emphasize their pain and suffering.

Why is this passage from "An Indian Father's Plea" an appeal to ethos?

Millions of dollars have been appropriated by Congress each year for "Indian Education." All you have to do is encourage your school to use these resources. My Indian child has a constitutional right to learn and maintain his culture. By the same token, I believe that non-Indian children have a constitutional right to learn about our Native American heritage and culture, because Indians play a significant part in the history of Western society.

A.Because it refers to respected institutions such as the U.S. Congress

B.Because it provides facts and evidence to support the author's argument

C.Because it uses strong words to evoke an emotional response in the audience 

D.Because it gives definitions and descriptions to better inform the audience