Question 9
Read the writer's original draft of this sentence from
paragraph 4 of "A Quest for Lord Corliss." Before the game
came out, the writer replaced the word special with precious.
How does the connotation of the word precious affect the tone
of this paragraph?
The Sword was passed down from one generation to the next, and as
the eldest child, I was the one in line to inherit this special heirloom.
It emphasizes that the Sword is the rightful
property of Lord Corliss's family.
It suggests that great rewards await the
hero who retrieves the Sword.
It highlights the sadness Lord Corliss felt at
losing the Sword and his father.
It stresses the personal value of the Sword to
Lord Corliss and his family.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky