fairy-tale logic
by a. e. stallings

fairy tales are full of impossible tasks:
gather the chin hairs of a man-eating goat,
or cross a sulphuric lake in a leaky boat,
select the prince from a row of identical masks,
tiptoe up to a dragon where it basks
and snatch its bone; count dust specks, mote by mote,
or learn the phone directory by rote.
always it’s impossible what someone asks—

you have to fight magic with magic. you have to believe
that you have something impossible up your sleeve,
the language of snakes, perhaps, an invisible cloak,
an army of ants at your beck, or a lethal joke,
the will to do whatever must be done:
marry a monster. hand over your firstborn son.

what shift occurs between the first and second parts of this sonnet?
a) the second part of the sonnet asks the reader questions.
b) the second part of the sonnet directly addresses the reader.
c) the second part of the sonnet claims there is no way to win in a fairy tale.
d) the second part of the sonnet refers to the real world, rather than a fairy tale world.

Match the audience to the description of each speech

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action

Read this passage: many manufacturers prefer plastic as a material for containers because it can be molded into many shapes. but plastic is not very strong. it must be fused with glass or steel for strength. it is also not very durable. even the strongest plastic can break under enough pressure. the biggest disadvantage to using plastic is that it does not decompose. while plastic can be recycled, doing so is tedious and difficult. while it may be more expensive and difficult to work with, aluminum is a much stronger building material with far greater tensile strength. it conducts electricity because it is metal. best of all, aluminum is very easy to recycle. even if it is thrown away, it decomposes much more quickly than most manufacturing materials. how does the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern of the passage support the author's purpose? a. the passage gradually leads up to the point about decomposition to inform the reader about the importance of recycling plastics. b. the passage lists the advantages and disadvantages of each material to make a case for the use of plastic and not aluminum in containers. c. the passage begins with a description of plastic's problems in order to call attention to the good qualities of aluminum. d. the passage shows the superiority of aluminum in order to make a case for the production of stronger plastics.