1. What is the purpose of these videos? To help us do better on the STAAR. 2. How many possible points are available in the revising section? How many
points do you need to pass the English Il exam?
3. What strategy did the speaker say to use when answering these type of
questions?
4. What is the first strategy you are being asked to use in the revising section?
How do you combine two sentences?
5. Did you find this video helpful and why?

I already got question one and five. This is about the STAAR test for Texas. est thingy to whoever helps please.

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

And argument does not always have to be made in words. which of the following best describes the type of argument a piece of music makes

Answer fast. read the excerpt below and answer the question. i will tell you the tale of my wanderings and of the “herculean” labors, as i may call them, which i endured only to find at last the oracle irrefutable. socrates’ use of the word “herculean” in this excerpt from the apology is an example of what literary device? allusion metaphor onomatopoeia simile