Challenging English Problems with Detailed Answers
Read this text.Which of the following BEST explains how text structure is used in this paragraph?Select one:to present a description that helps the reader form a mental pictureto explain connections between eventsto describe a basic relationship between two ideasto state a problem and describe a solution to that problemTHIS BELOW IS THE TEXTIf you are under a tornado warning, seek shelter immediately! Most injuries associated with high winds are from flying debris, so remember to protect your head.If you are in a school, nursing home, hospital, factory, shopping center, or high-rise building:Go to a pre-designated area, such as a safe room built to FEMA criteria, or a small interior windowless room on the lowest level. Below ground in a basement or storm cellar is best. Keep away from corners, windows, doors, and outside walls.Put as many walls as possible between you and the outside. Get under a sturdy table and cover your head and neck with your arms and cover your body as best you can (with a heavy coat, blankets, or pillows).In a high-rise building, go to a small interior room or hallway on the lowest floor possible.Do not open windows.
Select the correct answers.Read the following excerpt from Alfred Noyess narrative poem "The Highwayman." Which three literary elements do these stanzas contain?The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,And the highwayman came ridingRidingridingThe highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.Hed a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin.They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh.And he rode with a jewelled twinkle,His pistol butts a-twinkle,His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard.He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred.He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting thereBut the landlords black-eyed daughter,Bess, the landlords daughter,Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.A) charactersB) plotC) themeD) settingE) flashback