from “A Talk to Teachers”
by James Baldwin

What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one’s heroic ancestors. It’s astounding to me, for example, that so many people really appear to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free. That happens not to be true. What happened was that some people left Europe because they couldn’t stay there any longer and had to go someplace else to make it. That’s all. They were hungry, they were poor, they were convicts. Those who were making it in England, for example, did not get on the Mayflower. That’s how the country was settled. Not by Gary Cooper. Yet we have a whole race of people, a whole republic, who believe the myths to the point where even today they select political representatives, as far as I can tell, by how closely they resemble Gary Cooper. Now this is dangerously infantile, and it shows in every level of national life. When I was living in Europe, for example, one of the worst revelations to me was the way Americans walked around Europe buying this and buying that and insulting everybody—not even out of malice, just because they didn’t know any better. Well, that is the way they have always treated me. They weren’t cruel; they just didn’t know you were alive. They didn’t know you had any feelings.

What I am trying to suggest here is that in the doing of all this for 100 years or more, it is the American white man who has long since lost his grip on reality. In some peculiar way, having created this myth about Negroes, and the myth about his own history, he created myths about the world so that, for example, he was astounded that some people could prefer Castro, astounded that there are people in the world who don’t go into hiding when they hear the word “Communism,” astounded that Communism is one of the realities of the twentieth century which we will not overcome by pretending that it does not exist. The political level in this country now, on the part of people who should know better, is abysmal.

The Bible says somewhere that where there is no vision the people perish. I don’t think anyone can doubt that in this country today we are menaced—intolerably menaced—by a lack of vision.

It is inconceivable that a sovereign people should continue, as we do so abjectly, to say, “I can’t do anything about it. It’s the government.” The government is the creation of the people. It is responsible to the people. And the people are responsible for it. No American has the right to allow the present government to say, when Negro children are being bombed and hosed and shot and beaten all over the Deep South, that there is nothing we can do about it. There must have been a day in this country’s life when the bombing of the children in Sunday School would have created a public uproar and endangered the life of a Governor Wallace. It happened here and there was no public uproar.

The word “myth” is used for all of the following purposes EXCEPT to
A.
emphasize the false logic to which many white Americans subscribe regarding African Americans
B.
serve as the foundation for his supporting evidence in this section
C.
establish ethos and show that Baldwin is an unbiased commentator
D.
suggest that white Americans have a childlike desire to believe false stories over harsh realities
E.
suggest that American history is not educational because most accounts have been mythologized

Answer:

B

Explanation:

Part A- Based off Judson’s interaction with his wife, you can infer that?
A. Judson respects his wife’s opinions on all matter

According to the text, what are two reasons the shah was forced to flee Iran?

Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference.

"We shouldn't stand for it. We should quit the team. We have twenty-one players on the team, and ten of us are Hispanic. Most of the best players are Hispanic. Without us, there wouldn't even be a team. If we quit, we could wake up this whole community."

In this excerpt, the author [BLANK] to persuade readers to believe in something.

What is one major advantage of studying with others?


Which best describes a glossary?

a tool for memorizing words
a list of topics in a book
a translation dictionary
a short, topical dictionary

How does confidentiality protect people and their online activity against potentially dangerous or problematic information?
by immediately altering or deleting sensitive data so that it cannot be accessed ever again
by blocking your data access by messing with the basic hardware or systems at work
through the use of passwords, account numbers, verification codes, or other preventative methods
by instantly repairing operating systems to keep them working properly and providing disaster recovery and system upgrades

NEED ANSWERS ASAP
(Score for Question 2: of 20 points)
Read the passage. Then answer the question.
Out of Place
“Ben bunu yapmayacağım . . . I will not do that. He can’t have my shoes, he stole my guitar!” Erkan’s eyes looked impudent beneath his dark brow as his cheeks reddened in fury. His gray-whiskered lips trembled as his hand gripped tightly around the nurse’s wrist. The nurse carefully but firmly freed himself from Erkan’s grasp. He then turned to the caregiver who was assisting him, smiled, and said calmly, “Go get Michelle.”
Michelle was scanning boxes of gauze bandages and stacking them onto a shelf in the storeroom when the caregiver came in and announced, “Phillip’s trying to get Erkan to take a shower and he needs your help.” Michelle rushed out of the store room and down the hall to Erkan’s room.
This was the last week of Michelle’s internship. It was her junior year, and the internship was part of her “Workplace and Consumer Education” class. At first she wanted to intern at her dad’s gas station, but her teacher told her she needed to branch out and signed Michelle up at the Oakcourt Nursing Home, only 15 minutes away from her house.
Wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers sweatshirt and jeans, with dark curls pushed back in a hair clip, Michelle stood out from the crowd of nurses and caregivers in white pants and polo shirts who were standing huddled in the doorway of Erkan’s room. She moved past them and rushed to Erkan’s side. As soon as he saw her, Erkan’s face brightened and he stopped looking like a stricken animal and instead looked like someone who recognized a dear old friend.
“He can’t have them, Michelle. I sold them at the corner,” Erkan shouted, pushing his way to Michelle. “He stole my guitar,” he whispered.
“I know, Erkan, but he was only trying to help you get some money to pay for your trip.” Michelle had been frightened by a lot of the residents of the nursing home when she first started the beginning of the semester. Many of them were incoherent and loud, and some could be very aggressive and scary. Erkan often pushed or kicked and ranted. Michelle had started to regret this internship, and she even avoided going near Erkan’s room whenever possible. “He lives in his own world,” Philip, the managing nurse, explained to Michelle after her first encounter with Erkan’s temper.
Still, Michelle had been curious, and she felt sorry that Erkan had a bad reputation among the staff. She too had felt like everyone mistrusted her—especially at the nursing home where she was so much younger than the rest of the staff—so she understood how he must feel. Besides, he was the only person in the whole place with skin nearly as dark as hers.
Over time, she noticed patterns in Erkan’s rants: He would sometimes mention his guitar and his father and the city of Diyarbakir, which she learned is in Turkey. So she decided that the next time she brought supplies to his room, instead of avoiding Erkan, she would play along with whatever he said. If he lived in his own world, then she would try to join him there. Bit by bit, she discovered that he had immigrated to the United States from Turkey when he was very young. His father had saved as much money as possible to pay for his journey, but he needed to sell Erkan’s guitar to help cover the cost. Erkan had moved in with his aunt’s family in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and finished school there. Eventually he got married, had children of his own, and worked for years signing Turkish singers to a small record label. But he’d never quite felt at home in the United States.
“I know he sold your guitar, but you told me yourself he just wants what’s best for you,” Michelle said, while Philip and the caregiver looked on in amazement as Erkan settled into an armchair. “Now why don’t you listen to Philip, take your shoes off, and have a shower?”
“For you, Michelle, I’ll do it.”
You can feel out of place in a country, in the place where you live, or even in your own head, Michelle thought. But if you’re lucky, someone will know how to find you and remind you that we all feel that way sometimes.
In “Out of Place,” how has Ekran’s relationship with Michelle affected him? Discuss interactions between the two characters and explain how Ekran reacts to these interactions. Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.
Answer:
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What is the tone of this speech? (Abraham Lincolns Second Inaugural Address
A. accusatory B. reflective C. defensive D. celebratory

Ending of the story map of two friends

Gerald has asked for help with his writing assignment. He is most likely

taking the easy way out.
getting excellent grades.
solving an academic challenge.
avoiding doing the work himself.

Look at the graphic, which describes the steps of analyzing a writing prompt.
Format
Essay
Topic
Cafeteria food
Audience
School administrators
To convince school administrators to provide
healthy options in the cafeteria
Which word best completes the graphic?

central idea of Passage 2: Excerpt from School Bus Ads Bring Needed Revenue to Area Districts

Please help! It's urgent! Pick a detail from this article. Explain how it helps you understand the bigger ideas in the article. Write out your answer. Article is called "200 years later, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" still lives" form Newsela. Thank you.

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Do you see anything strange?​

Question 15

1 pts

Inside of Herot, Grendel will not touch Hrothgar's throne because it is protected by

God. This is an example of

O an Anglo-Saxon Pagan belief.

O a Christian element that has been added to the pagan epic.

O wergild.

O the code of comitatus.

the belief in wyrd.

Susan wants to go away to college,but she lies to her parents and says she would rather stay home to help provide income for her poor family What type of conflict is shaping susans development?

The students' rebellion was quickly suppressed by the teachers.
a.
party
c.
recess
b.
dance
d.
revolt

What is the difference between a conflict based on a power struggle and a conflict based on a personality difference?

Which of these is a factor that contributes to cultural change over time?
A Good manners
B. Prejudice
C. Public actions
D. Technology​

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Which type of context is the writer in this scenario most directly concerned
with?
Eduardo must find a way to take the information he has
gathered about astrophysics and present it in a way that's
appealing -perhaps as a book, although a website would
allow him to be less linear.
A. Audience
B. Purpose
C. Organization
D. Genre

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Choose the sentence that would best add further descriptive detail to the passage below (paragraph 21).

They turned on themselves, like a feverish wheel, all tumbling spokes. Margot stood alone. She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair. She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost. Now she stood, separate, staring at the rain and the loud wet world beyond the huge glass.
Answer choices for the above question

A. “Smiling, she appeared as bright as the absent sun she so regularly described.”

B. “Margot gazed at her fellow students with wild, menacing eyes.”

C. “Haunted and silent, she stared intently into the endless pound of the downpour.”

D. “As the group of children became chaotic, Margot smirked, rolled her eyes, and turned back to the window.”

Correcting run-On sentences using semicolons
1 The economic summit meeting was held in Britain many diplomats attended.
2 I especially enjoy poetry by Emily Dickinson her poems are intense, concise, and revealing.
3 The use and abuse of drugs is a popular course because the material is geared for non-science majors.
4 The food festival offers a wide selection of food everything from hot dogs to elegant deserts was available.
5 Since the flight was turbulent, the flight attendant suggested that we remain in our seats.
6 The bowling alley was not crowded most of the lanes were open.
7 swimming is an excellent form of exercise it gives you a good aerobic workout.
8 When the disabled aircraft landed safely, the onlookers cheered.
9 The two-lane highway is being expanded to four lanes even that improvement is not expected to solve the traffic congestion problems.
10 Before visiting Israel, Carolyn read several guidebooks they helped her plan her trip.

Read the excerpt from Wednesday, February 16, 1944, in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

This gave me rather a pang; it seems such a pity there's always just a tinge of dishonesty about him.

Which word best identifies the author's tone toward Peter?


furious

disrespectful

regretful

playful

The now famous CARL SANDBURG was born in 1878 in Galesburg, illinois.
a. simple subject
b. simple predicate
c. complete subject
d. complete predicate ​

Match the term to its abbreviation. 1 . e.g. about, around (used with dates) 2 . et al. and the others 3 . c., ca. for example 4 . i.e. that is, in other words 5 . etc. and so on

Which behaviors are characteristics of an effective speaker? Check all that apply.

establishing eye contact
maintaining a lounging posture
referring to multimedia visual aids
using a suitable volume and pace
displaying indifference about the topic

Dear companion of our youth when we were immortal 1
and our happy shouts swung up through the gumtrees,
when we raced go-carts in order to destroy our knees,
when there were always eight of us at home for tea
and eight of us learning to count and read 5
and eight of us crammed into the Fiat for Mass
and eight of us slashing through the long dry grass
and four of you dive-bombing four of us
and all of us playing ‘Red rover, red rover, come over!’

Under communism,
should control all businesses, industries, the control of money, and the
distribution of wealt!
the people
the government
the communist leaders
the poor
help

True or False Based on information in the selection, violent crimes are most
likely to occur on weekday evenings during warm weather.