from “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” in Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Look at a meeting-house, or a court-house, or a jail, or a shop, or a dwelling-house, and say what that thing really is before a true gaze, and they would all go to pieces in your account of them. Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man. In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages. And we are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us. The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children cry—determined to make a day of it. Why should we knock under and go with the stream? Let us not be upset and overwhelmed in that terrible rapid and whirlpool called a dinner, situated in the meridian shallows. Weather this danger and you are safe, for the rest of the way is down hill. With unrelaxed nerves, with morning vigor, sail by it, looking another way, tied to the mast like Ulysses. If the engine whistles, let it whistle till it is hoarse for its pains. If the bell rings, why should we run? We will consider what kind of music they are like. Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice, and tradition, and delusion, and appearance, that alluvion which covers the globe, through Paris and London, through New York and Boston and Concord, through Church and State, through poetry and philosophy and religion, till we come to a hard bottom and rocks in place, which we can call reality, and say, This is, and no mistake; and then begin, having a point d'appui, below freshet and frost and fire, a place where you might found a wall or a state, or set a lamp-post safely, or perhaps a gauge, not a Nilometer, but a Realometer, that future ages might know how deep a freshet of shams and appearances had gathered from time to time. If you stand right fronting and face to face to a fact, you will see the sun glimmer on both its surfaces, as if it were a cimeter, and feel its sweet edge dividing you through the heart and marrow, and so you will happily conclude your mortal career. Be it life or death, we crave only reality. If we are really dying, let us hear the rattle in our throats and feel cold in the extremities; if we are alive, let us go about our business.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born. The intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secret of things. I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary. My head is hands and feet. I feel all my best faculties concentrated in it. My instinct tells me that my head is an organ for burrowing, as some creatures use their snout and fore paws, and with it I would mine and burrow my way through these hills. I think that the richest vein is somewhere hereabouts; so by the divining-rod and thin rising vapors I judge; and here I will begin to mine.

The speaker’s primary purpose in this passage is to
A.
criticize the fast-paced nature of society
B.
explain his relationship with God
C.
promote awareness of the natural world
D.
encourage the audience to find reality in the moment
E.
describe his daily pursuits

Answer:

D.  encourage the audience to find reality in the moment

Explanation:

He talks about time and eternity as a concept and mentions how "be it life or death, we crave only reality".

teens in real life want to protect their own innocence because

Which claim best
summarizes the
author's proposal ?
Based on a study, in the year 2000,
humans produced 13.9 billion tons of
garbage.
Very little research has been done
on the idea of sending garbage into
space.
Recycling can help reduce garbage,
but items such as disposable
diapers cannot be recycled.
Rocketing our trash towards the
sun could eliminate our garbage
problem forever.

Select the correct answers. What is an internal conflict? Select the correct answers.
What is an internal conflict?
A.
a mental conflict in which a person tries to make a difficult choice
B.
a political struggle within a country to change the government
C.
a conflict among people from different sections of society
D.
a disagreement among members of the same family or organization

Which is a complete sentence?
O 1. Some lizards change.
2. Hanging lazily on the tree.
O 3. Preferring turtles to lizards.
4. After the lizard climbed the tree.

Which word choice most affects the tone of this sentence?

Like some liquid, the heavy-colored vapor poured relentlessly into the trenches, filled them, and passed on.

relentlessly

trenches

liquid

passed

Do you think it’s best to work in a team or by yourself? Explain why.

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Packing is an art one must learn it discuss

In the Golden touch



Who is the narrator in the story?



2. Is the narrative text written in first person, third person omniscient, or third person limited?


3. How does the author's choice of narrator contribute to the story? Why is it important?


4. Do you consider the story's narrator to be reliable? Why or why not?


5. How would the story be different if the narrator was a different character?

According to The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, what passion did Jean-François Champollion and his brother, Jacques-Joseph, share?

the Rosetta Stone
the life of Napoleon
Middle Eastern history
language and mathematics

HELP ASAP if you could write one for refrence or help me ill give brainliest
Write sentences correctly using pronouns, modifiers, and parallel sentence structures
Write a two- to three-paragraph (at least 200 words) personal experience essay in which you use:

all eight classes of pronouns: personal, demonstrative, relative, indefinite, intensive, reflexive, interrogative, and reciprocal. Underline and label one example of each type.
at least one sentence containing parallel structure. Underline the parallel elements and identify their grammatical type.
at least one sentence with an introductory modifying phrase properly related to the sentence that follows. Underline the introductory modifying phrase and identify its grammatical type.

Please help!! ASAP!


The passage below contains of which of the following?


My aunt passed away just after World War II


A. Euphemism

B. Doublespeak

C. Inflated language

D. All of the above


Thank you

Read the objective summary of “The Rights to the Streets of Memphis.”

The author is constantly hungry, so his mother gets a job outside the home. The author has to take over some chores, including grocery shopping. After bullies beat him up and steal his money, his mother gives him a stick and tells him to stand up to them. Though the author is scared, he becomes angry and fights off the bullies, and they don’t bother him anymore.

Which important detail should be added to this summary?

The author eats a crust of bread or drinks a cup of tea to stop his hunger.

The author’s mother gives him more money and another grocery list.

The author cries and stammers when he runs home from the bullies.

The author’s father left the family with nothing.

In what ways do Cassie and Little Man have more pride and dignity than their own teacher ?

BOOK-roll of thunder

What is a characteristic of fantasy?

How does Shakespeare use personification in these lines? What do things brought about by evil need?

EXCERPT FROM FRANKENSTEIN: CHAPTER 16- commonlit
Q: Compare the interactions with the little girl in paragraph 19 and the little boys in paragraphs 25-32. how do these scenes' similarities and differences develop the monster's characterization?

paragraph 19- “I continued to wind among the paths of the wood, until I came to its boundary, which was skirted by a deep and rapid river, into which many of the trees bent their branches, now budding with the fresh spring. Here I paused, not exactly knowing what path to pursue, when I heard the sound of voices, that induced me to conceal myself under the shade of a cypress. I was scarcely hid when a young girl came running towards the spot where I was concealed, laughing, as if she ran from someone in sport. She continued her course along the precipitous11 sides of the river, when suddenly her foot slipped, and she fell into the rapid stream. I rushed from my hiding-place and with extreme labour, from the force of the current, saved her and dragged her to shore. She was senseless, and I endeavoured by every means in my power to restore animation, when I was suddenly interrupted by the approach of a rustic, who was probably the person from whom she had playfully fled. On seeing me, he darted towards me, and tearing the girl from my arms, hastened towards the deeper parts of the wood. I followed speedily, I hardly knew why; but when the man saw me draw near, he aimed a gun, which he carried, at my body and fired. I sank to the ground, and my injurer, with increased swiftness, escaped into the wood.

Paragraphs 25-32- “At this time a slight sleep relieved me from the pain of reflection, which was disturbed by the approach of a beautiful child, who came running into the recess I had chosen, with all the sportiveness of infancy. Suddenly, as I gazed on him, an idea seized me that this little creature was unprejudiced and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror of deformity. If, therefore, I could seize him and educate him as my companion and friend, I should not be so desolate in this peopled earth. “Urged by this impulse, I seized on the boy as he passed and drew him towards me. As soon as he beheld my form, he placed his hands before his eyes and uttered a shrill scream; I drew his hand forcibly from his face and said, ‘Child, what is the meaning of this? I do not intend to hurt you; listen to me.’
“He struggled violently. ‘Let me go,’ he cried; ‘monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces. You are an ogre. Let me go, or I will tell my papa.’
“‘Boy, you will never see your father again; you must come with me.’
“‘Hideous monster! Let me go. My papa is a syndic14—he is M. Frankenstein15—he will punish you. You dare not keep me.’ “‘Frankenstein! you belong then to my enemy—to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim.’ “The child still struggled and loaded me with epithets16 which carried despair to my heart; I grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead at my feet.
“I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation17 and hellish triumph; clapping my hands, I exclaimed, ‘I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him.’

It needs to RACE prompt- Restate, answer, cite, explain
it should maybe be 5-7 sentences.
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___ language creates or reinforces stereotypes, treats people unequally,
insults people, excludes people, and can accentuate personal attributes in
exclusion of other more important attributes.
A. Inappropriate
B. Political
C. Inclusive
D. Discriminatory

Jordan likes to have debates online. He uses an anonymous account on a movie forum. He likes to ask questions and then make mean comments
when others try to answer his questions. Which of the following describes the possible type of response of his actions?
O Mostly positive because he is anonymous
o Only negative if people learn who he is.
O Mostly negative because he is mean to others
O Only positive if he learns something new in a response to a question.

What are two possible ways that the potato salad became contaminated with the bacteria?

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Sing = base part; dance = base part. Now, what is the present participle of sing and dance; what is the past, and past participle of each?

Select the text feature that can help you find each piece of information. the meaning of the word "magnitude" the first page of Chapter 3 the pages that tell about George Washington's boyhood in a biography about him

Imagine you receive several comments from readers of your blog who say they want to help support good farming
habits in the community but do not know how. What would the best response be?
Write a post about the importance of doing research.
Post a video featuring students talking about farming.
Create a list of resources about good farming habits.
Create a quiz testing people's knowledge of farming.

Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. Which technique is being used

What is Notice and Note?


a book



a reading strategy



a combination of 6 reading strategies



another name for the theme of a text


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How does the narrator feel about the space trip in "Octavia E. Butler Parable of the Sower"

Question tags
2. You expected a room with a better view, ?
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one hint that Frank. R. Stockton give to support that it lady will come out of the door? in "The lady, or the Tiger?"

According to Asagai, when faced with an
obstacle, idealists will
their
dreams while realists will
their dreams.

son was going away, he must not be angry. which verb mood