Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this speech. which excerpt from jefferson davis’s speech to the mississippi legislature best expresses a major theme of his speech? “…whenever a northern army should be assembled to march for the subjugation of the south, they would have a battle to fight at home before they passed the limits of their own state…” “in the language of the venerated calhoun i consider the disruption of the union as a great though not the greatest calamity.” “for many of the best years of my life i have followed that flag and upheld it on fields where if i had fallen it might have been claimed as my winding sheet.” “absurd as all this may seem to you… i have reason to believe that it has been inculcated to no small extent in the northern mind.”

Which revision fixes the dangling modifier in this sentence? while reading a new mystery book, my dog curled up in my lap and slept. a.) curled up in my lap, my dog slept while reading a new mystery book. b.) while i was reading a new mystery book, my dog curled up in my lap and slept. c.) my dog, while reading a new mystery book, curled up in my lap and slept. d.) curling up in my lap while reading a new mystery book, my dog slept.

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o.a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.

Choose the item which best answers the question. which words are intended most to capture the reader's attention? 1) "students excel" 2)"stimulating multimedia interactive format" 3) "plenty of electives available"