Adapted from “The Shackled Editor”
The author accepting what the editorial superior says as true but resenting the circumstances is
How he responds to opposition.
Replace the capitalized word: A lower court temporarily halted the publication of additional stories, AND that was not the end of the fight; the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
But
Describe the purpose of this political cartoon?
to suggest that politics is similar to a circus
The author admires them for doing such hard and important work is the author's ____________
Point of view on journalists
These are the two phrases that best support the author's sarcastic tone in this excerpt.
Of course, there was nothing on the boards this season that could hold a candle to the Pulitzer Prize winner of the previous year, that delightful fantasy, the Peaches-Browning Case.
Pulitzer Prize winner, delightful fantasy
The text is structured so that one of the last quotes, "A fearless press is demanded," is the ______________.
Call to Action
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
The government did not want the stories published, claiming they put the country’s national security at risk, a questionable argument, since they were about past events.
Nothing
What is the most likely purpose of adding a caption to the political cartoon?
to clarify the cartoon's message
This is used at the beginning of the text to emphasize the impact of infringing on the rights of the press.
A rhetorical question
Read the excerpt from "A Review of the Past Legal Season."
Mr. Martin W. Littleton, the veteran trouper, gave one of the finest performances of his distinguished career. The device, recently imported by Eugene O’Neill into the theater, of having the actors say one thing and think another has long been familiar to followers of legal proceedings, but never has it been used with more skill and finesse than in the Oil Cases.
Which detail best supports the inference that the author believes lawyers can be intentionally deceitful?
The author implies that lawyers sometimes "say one thing and think another."
The repetition of the words grinding and common place in the flowing quote draws attention to...
"Our hearts are all right, but we have no papers of our own, haven’t sense enough to get any, and, while we are grinding out commonplaces, are grinding our teeth over emotions that would not seem commonplace at all could they get into print."
It draws attention to the daily frustration that many journalists feel.
Re-write the portion of the sentence in quotations
The Times argued that the American people had the right "to know about what their government may or may not have been up to" and the court rightfully ruled in its favor.
To know what their government was doing
A popular phrase about weather during the month of March is that it “comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” Why did the author include a lion and a lamb in the cartoon?
to show that the country can expect better times after Harding takes office
This sentence is an example of...
How could we assess the correctness of going to war, of sacrificing our soldiers, of spending enormous amounts of money on defense without some assessment of these actions?
Parallel structure
Read the excerpt from "A Review of the Past Legal Season."
It has been a great season; the Supreme Court played to capacity all year and the Municipal Courts turned them away. There has been the usual number of failures, of course, but on the whole, there has been an extraordinary number of hits. As usual, the legal profession has gone in heavily for farce and slapstick comedy. There seems to be a growing tendency each year on the part of the courts to cater to the tastes of the tired businessman. A seasoned trial-goer put it rather neatly: “There’s enough sadness in the theatre,” he said. “When I go to court I want to be amused.”
What can be inferred about how the author uses language in this excerpt?
The author uses ironic language to prove a comedic point.
This text starts by
explaining how editorial writing typically operates
What is the correct version of the CAPITALIZED words
Justice Potter Stewart wrote that “the only AFFECTIVE restraint upon executive policy and power in the areas of national defense and international affairs may LIE in an enlightened citizenry.”
effective, lie
This is represented by the tent in the political cartoon
The White House
How would the author of “Four Little Words” most likely respond to the journalistic dilemma presented in “The Shackled Editor?"
by encouraging the editorial superior to publish a piece about the greediness of the department store owners
Which inference best describes the author's point of view about the American judicial system?
It suffers from corrupt practices.
The author denounces the store proprietors' phony sympathy for poor people.
What is the author's ad hominem attack?
Which is the best version of the CAPITALIZED word in the sentence?
"Developing authoritative knowledge on a subject requires years of education, often in a formal setting, plus the SUPPLY of experience on the job."
accumulation
The elephant in the political cartoon represents this
The Republican party
How does the experience of the editorial writer in “The Shackled Editor” support the statement below from "Four Little Word"?
"Of course, this is not to say that media censorship does not exist in America. It does—it exists in every society—but it is far subtler than the government simply trying to prevent the publication of an embarrassing story."
It shows how journalism can be indirectly censored due to economic pressures.
Describes a similarity between the political cartoon and the passage?
Both pieces use satire to communicate a message.