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“It’s beautiful. May I touch it?” His hand hovering over the outstretched wing, one eyebrow raised questioningly.

The light in Gregory’s eyes dimmed slightly. He wasn’t going to buy. People never asked to touch if they were going to buy, they waited till they got it home and then they stroked and caressed in privacy. They only asked to touch an object if they knew they’d never see it again, and wanted to fix the experience in their minds.

“Sure,” he said, “go ahead.”

The man’s fingers swept lightly over the bird’s wing, tracing the lines of the inner vane, the outer vane, the primary and secondary remiges. He stroked down the thorax, right down to the spindly, gnarled legs on which it perched.

“It’s extraordinary,” he said, “it’s just so…”

“Lifelike?” offered Gregory.

“Lifelike. The lightness of the feathers. The tension in the legs. Even the shine in the eye. It’s a stunning piece of work. You should be very proud.”

Gregory smiled, but said nothing. He turned his attention back to the piece he was working on: a sparrowhawk, its outstretched form just beginning to emerge from the block of lime clamped to his workbench. He laid down the adze he’d been using to shape the upper curve of the beak, and switched to a riffler to begin on the fine detail.

“You really seem to have a feel for these birds’ anatomy.”

Gregory nodded. “Yes, I know how they’re put together. The bones, the muscles, the tendons. You can’t carve a bird unless you really understand how they work, how the underlying structure connects everything together.”

“So delicate,” he said, stroking the wing feathers. “But these claws, this sharp beak… birds of prey are vicious too, right?”

Gregory looked up. “Vicious? Only out of necessity. Animals kill only to eat.”

“Really?” The man started to smile. “Have you seen a cat with a mouse? A fox slaughtering chickens? I’d argue that the prime motivation for random acts of evil is not survival, but mischief.”

The man wandered around the crowded workshop, letting his fingers brush lightly over the array of eagles, falcons, kestrels and hawks. “And you only do birds?”

” ‘Only’?” queried Gregory. “That’s like saying to Puccini, ‘You only write operas?’ A bird isn’t just a bird. Every bird is different. I ‘only’ carve birds, yes. Birds are my life. My fingers translate flight into wood.”

“And I bet you’d love to be able to fly, right?”

Gregory laid down his tools and studied the man for the first time. In his early 60s, hair thinning, a slight paunch. Round horn rimmed glasses that made him look like he’d walked out of a wartime movie.

“Seriously? I’d give a year of my life for five minutes’ flight. Like a bird, not in a contraption. I’ve been up in planes, microlights, balloons. I’ve even been strapped to a hangglider and jumped off a cliff. But that’s not real flight. It’s a cheap imitation. I’d give anything to experience what it’s like to fly like an eagle.”

“Anything?” The man leaning closer, dropping his voice to a whisper.

“Anything.”

“In that case, I might just be able to help you.”

The man stepped forward, stretched out his arms, and gently placed his upturned hands beneath Gregory’s elbows. Then, with surprising force, he gave a strong, hard shove upwards. Gregory felt himself being thrust into the air, crashing through the flimsy wooden roof of the workshop. In a couple of seconds he was hundreds of feet up, looking down at his distant workshop and the upturned face of the man gazing up at him, smiling broadly.

As he started to tumble back to earth, Gregory reflexively spread his limbs to slow himself down — and found he had sprouted a vast pair of feathered wings. He glided for a while, caught a thermal, and found himself flying up once more.

Gingerly at first, he tried flapping the wings, and discovered that his powerful new shoulder muscles were able to lift him even higher. He could feel each tendon pulling him aloft, could sense the wind rushing through each feather, could gauge with unnerving precision the air currents that would raise him up or drag him down.

For several minutes Gregory swooped and climbed, flapped and glided, probing each new experience and mentally logging the process. This was how it felt to bank into a breeze; this was what it was like to rise on a current of warm air, effortlessly lifting into the sky as each thermal carried him upwards. This was how it felt to plummet, to check, to rise again. He could feel each muscle, each tendon, pulling and reacting to the infinitely variable densities of the medium of the air. In five minutes he’d gained more insight into the workings of avian anatomy than in twenty years studying textbooks.

What are these answers? Pls help ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

H- HELP PLEASE How do you think your previous writing experience has helped you prepare for journalism? Be specific.

Why are tablets more expensive than text books. STATE YOUR REASON(S).​

How would you define theme? Give an example.​

plzzzzzz HELP I am in a hurry
how many stanzas does the poem homework oh homework have​

Reread Lilian Moore's "Until I Saw the Sea" and Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
Until I saw the sea
I did not know
that wind
could wrinkle water so.


I never knew
that sun
could splinter a whole sea of blue.


Nor
did I know before
a sea breathes in and out
upon a shore.






I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,—
A host of golden daffodils
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.


Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I, at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.


The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company;
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought.



For oft, when on my couch I lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.


Describe the mood of each poem. Compare how the language each poet uses creates mood. Support your answer with specific examples from the poems.


Next, discuss the figurative language each poet uses. Describe how they create meaning in their poems through the use of figurative language. Support your answer with examples from the poems.


Write a minimum of two full paragraphs.
will mark brainiest

Poem “The wild Ducks nest”
What does colm do in paragraph 16?What can you infer about his character based on these actions
2 points plz thanks

Reading To Do, I-Ready
evel F
Why did the author include details
about the cooking show he saw?
He wants to describe various cooking
methods.
D
He wants to explain why he started
cooking.
He wants to persuade others to watch
the show.
He wants to warn others about
chemicals in their food.

Imagine that you are an Elizabethan Londoner who regularly attends the theater. A friend who has never been to the theater wants to know what it's like to see one of Shakespeare's plays at the Globe. Write a letter describing your experience. Continue your description on the back of this page.

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Which evidence from the text is most relevant to Reagan's claim that Americans must renew their faith in democratic rule?

“It is time for us to realize that we are too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We are not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline.”


“We have been tempted to believe . . . that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people.”


“Idle industries have cast workers into unemployment, causing human misery and personal indignity.”


“Those who do work are denied a fair return for their labor by a tax system which penalizes successful achievement and keeps us from maintaining full productivity.”

Whoever has discord, comment down below to play among us with me

Which event IS part of the exposition in "Cinderella"?

I need help with this English poem please help thank you

The ability to convince or cause someone to believe an argument is the author’s ______.

Question 5 options:

persuasiveness


claim


source credibility

Candice is writing about characters in Wonder by R. J. Palacio.

"You know what an eraser is, right?" Charlotte asked me.

I admit I was feeling so nervous that I didn't know what to say or do except look at the floor.

"Hey, can you talk?" asked Jack Will.

"Yeah." I nodded. I still really hadn't looked at any of them yet, not directly.

Which best shows that Candice has made a personal connection to understand August’s character?

I understand how awkward August feels. Sometimes I get really nervous and quiet around new people.
I am really loud around new people. I try to cover up my shyness by being very funny and telling jokes.
August should not be so quiet around the new kids. If he would just talk, the others will get to know him, and they will be friends.
Jack Will and Charlotte were not very considerate of August’s feelings. New kids do not like when people ask lots of questions.

It was late, we decided to go home.
The above is a comma splice. Which of these possible choices corrects this error?
es
A)
Because it was late, we decided to go home.
B)
It was late in the day, we decided to go home.
It was so very late, we finally decided to go home.
D)
It was late, we decided to go home, there was no other choice.

Match each element of figurative language with its example.

Column A
1.
Symbol:
Symbol
2.
Metaphor:
Metaphor
3.
Simile:
Simile
4.
Hyperbole:
Hyperbole
5.
Understatement:
Understatement
6.
Allusion:
Allusion
7.
Irony:
Irony
8.
Personification:
Personification
9.
Synecdoche:
Synecdoche
10.
Metonymy:
Metonymy
Column B
a.
"I gazed on the forest and burned/out the sahara desert,/with a packet of goat's meat/and a change of clothes/I crossed it in two hours"
b.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep./But I have promises to keep"
c.
"Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any (but not a) drop to drink."
d.
"And all the lands belong to the crown."
e.
"The fog comes/on little cat feet"
f.
"How now, Mr. Shakespeare, should a poet say what poetry should not express"
g.
"One of these days these boots/are gonna walk all over you."
h.
"I think I know enough of hate/To say that for destruction ice/Is also great/And would suffice."
i.
"Night falls like a wet sponge"
j.
"The sky is low, the clouds are mean,/A travelling flake of snow/Across a barn or through a rut/Debates if it will go."

HELP ASAP ITS DUE SOON

PLEASE HELP!!!! ILL MARK BRAINLIEST!!!! THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT!!!!

what is a teaches dream job

Find the subject in the following sentence: I watched Star Wars on May 4th.

Combine the two ideas into a single sentence. ​

what part is a oxymoron

How does this example support the authors main purpose in the book?

Write an email to a friend telling them about your relative’s visit.
I need direct written email ( not steps how to write it, because im failing)

Read this excerpt from Exploring the Titanic.

Soon I had spent more hours in the deep ocean than any other scientist. But the Titanic continued to haunt me. My oceanographic colleagues scoffed at my Titanic dreams and told me I should devote myself to "real" scientific projects.

Colleagues are

subjects in a science experiment.
friends who have different interests.
fellow workers in the same field of study.
family members who support each other

PLS ANSWER THIS QUESTIONS BASED ON THE BOOK "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY"

1.Who is the antagonist, (bad guy) and what do they want?

2. Describe the type of conflict that is used in this book.

3. How does the main character change from the beginning to the end?

4. Is there an object or symbol in the book that carries particular significance?
Examples:
Hunger Games: Bow/Arrow or Mockingjay
Ready Player one: Keys
Harry Potter 4: Wand, Glasses, or the Cup

5. Where and when does the book take place? (Setting)
6. Describe a moral or lesson of the book.
7. Describe some of the emotions you felt while reading this book

Choose the part of speech of the italicized word.
I walked to the mall.
adjective
noun
adverb
verb

I will give you Brainlyif you get the answer right!!!!). How is the prefix poly used in words like polygon and polyglot?
A. To show that two things happen together.
B. To show that something happens in reverse.
C. To show that something happens again.
O D. To show that there are many of something.

NEED HELP ASAP!!! 30 POINTS!! (will give the brainliest to the right answer!) :)

Drag each label to the correct location on the table. Each label can be used more than once.

Identify each poem as either lyric or free verse.

lyric
free verse

(please make sure to verify your answer before submitting it! Thank you!!