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According to this excerpt from Walden, in which subject area did the transcendentalist thinker Thoreau most likely find his inspiration?This small lake was of most value as a neighbor in the intervals of a gentle rain-storm in August, when, both air and water being perfectly still, but the sky overcast, mid-afternoon had all the serenity of evening, and the wood thrush sang around, and was heard from shore to shore. A lake like this is never smoother than at such a time; and the clear portion of the air above it being, shallow and darkened by clouds, the water, full of light and reflections, becomes a lower heaven itself so much the more important. From a hill-top near by, where the wood had been recently cut off, there was a pleasing vista southward across the pond, through a wide indentation in the hills which form the shore there, where their opposite sides sloping toward each other suggested a stream flowing out in that direction through a wooded valley, but stream there was none. That way I looked between and over the near green hills to some distant and higher ones in the horizon, tinged with blue.Human behaviorNatureCivil WarHistoryNonconformity
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65 POINTS FOR THE BRAINLIEST Without question America’s greatest river, the Mississippi, has made major contributions to the physical and economic growth of the nation. Coursing through the heart of America, it supplies water for the cities and industries that have located along its banks. In 1705 the first cargo was floated down the river from the Indian country around Wabash. This was a load of 15,000 bear and deer hides.. The Mississippi River is the main stem of a network of inland navigable waterways which form a system of about 12,350 miles in length. from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain Tom’s mind was made up now. He was gloomy and desperate. He was a forsaken, friendless boy, he said; nobody loved him; when they found out what they had driven him to, perhaps they would be sorry; he had tried to do right and get along, but they would not let him; since nothing would do them but to be rid of him, let it be so; and let them blame him for the consequences—why shouldn’t they? What right had the friendless to complain? Yes, they had forced him to it at last: he would lead a life of crime. There was no choice. (Tom is now joined by Joe)…As the two boys walked sorrowing along, they made a new compact to stand by each other and be brothers and never separate till death relieved them of their troubles. Then they began to lay their plans. Joe was for being a hermit, and living on crusts in a remote cave, and dying, some time, of cold and want and grief; but after listening to Tom, he conceded that there were some conspicuous advantages about a life of crime, and so he consented to be a pirate. Three miles below St. Petersburg, at a point where the Mississippi River was a trifle over a mile wide, there was a long, narrow, wooded island, with a shallow bar at the head of it, and this offered well as a rendezvous. It was not inhabited; it lay far over toward the further shore, abreast a dense and almost wholly unpeopled forest. So Jackson’s Island was chosen. Who were to be the subjects of their piracies was a matter that did not occur to them. Which MOST LIKELY describes the effect of Mark Twain’s choice for the setting of his novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Consider both passage excerpts. A) Twain’s choice of such a dangerous setting hints that either Tom or Joe will suffer a violent death. B) Twain’s choice of a great American river for the setting suggests the novel will become a great American classic. C) Twain’s choice of this river for the setting adds a sense of adventure and also makes the novel seem believable. D) Twain’s choice of this particular river assures readers that the boys will trade bear and deer hides with pirates.
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Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath: Sure, cried the tenant men, but it’s our land. We measured it and broke it up. We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it’s no good, it’s still ours. That’s what makes it ours—being born on it, working it, dying on it. That makes ownership, not a paper with numbers on it. Which best describes how the diction supports the tone of this passage? A. By beginning the excerpt with the word “Sure,” the author articulates a fundamental truth that most reasonable people can agree with. B. By beginning several sentences with “We,” the author uses parallelism to express a formal and objective tone that avoids sentimentality. C. By using a metaphor to compare ownership to a piece of paper, the author indicates that the land should really belong to the farmers. D. By referring to how farmers “died on” and are “dying on” the land, the author conveys sympathy toward the tenant farmers for being displaced.
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Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-peru, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society, a prison. Which best describes the effect of the words “ugly,” “overgrown,” “pig-weed,” and “unsightly vegetation”?
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How are a persuasive essay and an expository essay different? (A)In a persuasive essay, the writer develops a story using a plot, characters, and a setting, while in an expository essay, the writer tells the story of a personal experience and comments on it. (B)In a persuasive essay, the writer tries to convince the reader to agree with the point of view presented, while in an expository essay, the writer describes and explains all sides of a topic or issue. (C)In a persuasive essay, the writer describes and explains all sides of a topic or issue, while in an expository essay, the writer tries to convince the reader to agree with the point of view presented. (D)In a persuasive essay, the writer tries to convince the reader to agree with the point of view presented, while in an expository essay, the writer narrates a story using a plot, characters, and a setting.
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