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In the film, what role does technology play in the refugees' lives? What it might be like to see-through social media- your family, culture and social network in crisis from the distance of another country?

 

 

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Re-write the following passages from a student essay so that they no longer contain instances of plagiarism.  Add quotation marks and parenthetical citations when necessary.  Add in-text attributions to alert the reader to upcoming quotations and be sure to differentiate between a source’s voice and the student’s.

  1. Americans have always had high expectations about their possibility for success. Though they may not have thought they would reach nirvana, 19th-century Americans believed that they would ultimately have fulfilling lives because they lived in America.
  2. The American Dream means that anyone living in this country can rise to the level of his aspiration.
  3. Throughout American history, Americans have believed that through hard work they could rise to the level of their aspirations.
  4. In the 19th century, the American Dream reflected the belief that anyone in this pragmatic, un-class-conscious society of ours could, by dint of hard work, rise to the level of his aspiration.
  5. The American Dream used to mean that people in this pragmatic society could rise to the level of their aspirations.
  6. The American Dream seems now to not be about seizing opportunity but about realizing perfection and entering the fabulous worlds Americans see in the movies.
  7. Americans are encouraged by what they see in Hollywood: the mere existence of movie stars proves the perfectibility of any man or woman.
  8. Though Americans of the 1960s may have been the first generation to live within its illusions, today’s Americans certainly believe from seeing social media posts and digitally perfected images that perfection is possible in their own lives.
  9. Though people have always wanted to be rich and famous, America is the first country to democratize dreams and allow Americans to believe in the perfectibility of any man or woman.
  10. Anyone perusing social media today can see that Americans have come to believe in their own perfectibility.

 

9. Who are "the gods" referring to in this passage from the story?
"The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs.
But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly."
a. the mother, father, and children who lived in the house
b. politicians who began a war and then fled to safety
c. the inventors responsible for creating the house
d. scientists who developed the nuclear bomb astonishment
10. The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned to fire is an example of $a(n)$
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. irony
11. What is the significance of the line, "The dog was gone."
a. This is the beginning of the takeover of the home
b. It represents the end of the last truly living thing in the house
c. The dog has finally left as have all the people
d. It symbolizes the total abandonment of the home
12. Why is it ironic that the house chooses the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"
a. The poem is Mrs. McClellan's favorite, but she is not there to hear it
b. The house, like nature in the poem, is unaware of the demise of mankind
c. It is raining outside as it is raining in the poem
d. The house is mistaken about the poetry Mrs. McClellan liked
13. Why does the marking of time change at 10:00p.m.?
a. The damage has changed the home's operating system.
b. The home now realizes the family is no longer there.
C. The house is now dead and no longer announcing the time.
d. The home is set to change the marking for time at 10:00p.m.
14. Which line best represents the climax of the story?
a. The nursery walls glowed. (paragraph 24)
b. Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5,2026, today is ... (last line)
c. A dog whined, shivering on the porch. (paragraph 14)
d. At ten o'clock the house began to die. (paragraph 31)
15. Based upon the story as a whole, the reader can conclude that Bradbury believes
a. more technology should be used in every home
b. technology can be useless, impractical and even dangerous
c. all technology should be monitored closely by the government
d. technology has the ability enhance the lives of individuals
16. What is the effect of the story's point of view?
a. The first person narration reveals the thoughts/actions of the family members.
b. The omniscient narrator reveals details not available since there are not characters.
c. The 3rd person narration provides an objective perspective of the events in the story.
d. The omniscient narrator reveals the carelessness and destructive behavior of the family since they would not.
from "The Masque of the Red Death"
by Edgar Allan Poe
1- Settings that often include large, drafty old houses that have "been in the family for years"
2- An atmosphere of mystery and suspense that is enhanced by a plot containing secrets
3- A ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence, or a story about a horrible death or murder
4- Omens, foreshadowing, and dreams (bad dreams about something bed that is going to happen) play a role in the mysterious air of the tory
5- Highly charged emotional states like: terror, the brink of inanity, anger, impending doom, and obsessive love.
6- Supernatural events: ghosts unexplained sounds, etc.
7- Damsels in distress are frequent (sometimes to be rescued; sometimes not to be rescued)
8- Words designed to evoke images of gloom and doom.
9- The death of a man or woman in the throes of, some great passion, the obsessive nature of a man or woman in love, or excessive grief one feels upon the loss of a loved one.
10- When the eyes -of the Prince Prospero fell upon this spectral image (which, with a slow and solemn movement, as if more. fully to sustain its role, stalked to and for among the waltzers) he was seen to be convulsed, in the first moment with a strong, shudder either of terror or distaste; but, in the next, his brow reddened with rage.
 
What element of Gothic fiction do you find in
Paragraph 10 of Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"?
A. Element 6 - Supernatural events: ghosts, unexplained sounds, etc.
B. Element 7 - Damsels in distress
C. Element 4 - Omens, foreshadowing, and dreams

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