Select the correct answer
Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. What is the tone of the opening passage?
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the
grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing
implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life
is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week.
It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.
In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also
appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name "Mr. James Dillingham Young."
The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when
the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James
Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called "Jim" and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already
introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.
A
dissatisfied
B.
humorous
C.
sarcastic
D.
unhappy

Should there be a comma before the all capped word?
Troy McClure couldn't decide if he wanted the root beer
float, OR the banana cream pie.

is it mostly a story about death, man, vs. nature, or family?​

please help! 15 points!

Read the excerpt from "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street".

56. TRACK SHOT – STEVE 56.

From several yards down as he walks down the steps of his porch, walks down the street over to Les Goodman's house, and then stops at the foot of the steps.

57. REVERSE ANGLE – LOOKING TOWARD SCREEN DOOR 57.

Goodman stands there, his wife behind him very frightened.

GOODMAN

Just stay right where you are, Steve. We don't want any trouble but this time if anybody sets foot on my porch that's what they're going to get—trouble!

Based on Goodman’s reaction to Steve, what will most likely happen next?

Les and Steve will have a heated argument.
Everyone in the neighborhood will go home.
The anger and fear among the neighbors will increase.
Les will turn out to be an alien invader in disguise.

PART B: Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answers to Part A?

help please! which one is it????

Read the paragraph from “Rivers and Stories,” Part 1.

It’s also a fact of the twentieth century that as a mode of travel, for commerce and pleasure, rivers have been largely displaced by highways, railways, and air travel. A hundred and fifty years ago the epic stories of engineering had to do with canal building, connecting one river system or one sea with another: Panama and Suez. The locks of the Erie Canal and the extensive lock system of English rivers belong now to a quaint and minor tourism. The stories of the twentieth century have had to do with massive dams, with nationalism and economic development and the prestige of massive dams. Rivers now supply 20 percent of the world’s electrical power, most of it generated by large, ecologically destructive, often culturally destructive, dams. The still-to-be-completed Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze is only the latest in a series of Faustian bargains technological culture has struck with the rivers of the earth.

What is the author’s perspective in this paragraph?

1. Tourism is helping to revive the legends associated with rivers.
2. Rivers are still the best way to transport people and products from one place to another.
3. Technological advancements have strengthened the ways people view rivers.
4. Human activity has changed the purpose of rivers for the worse.

Why is Net WPM a better formula than Gross WPM to calculate typing speed?
Net WPM is a better formula than Gross WPM to calculate typing speed because it includes

HELLPPPP PLEASEEEE. ITS DUE IN 20 MINUTES. I NEED TIS GRADE TO PASS.

Kate uses 8.1 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1 4 of this amount is white paint, and the rest is blue paint. How many pints of blue paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls?

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What do it means to be anti-racist and why is it important

How would you feel apologizing to someone who did not accept your apology?

Why do the Shark Tank investors decline Mo’s deal? Support your answer with evidence from the text that is either directly stated or implied.

The Text:
By the time I was twelve, I was selling over $1,000 in bow ties annually. That’s when I got an email from the producers of Shark Tank, a show that gives entrepreneurs the chance to present their companies in front of a panel of investors. At first, my mom turned down the offer—she didn’t know what the show was. But when we started doing research and kept in contact with the producers, she agreed to let me fly to California to film. I decided to ask the investors for $50,000 for a fifteen-percent stake in my company. For months, I recited lines, practicing in front of a camera, my parents and occasionally my teddy bears. Despite my preparation, when the day finally came, I was terrified. Walking down the blue-lit hallway, I gripped my mom’s hand so tightly that five years later, she still jokes that I cut off her circulation. When the producers cued me to begin, my brain went empty and the words I had practiced fell away. After a deep breath, I somehow gathered myself and recited my pitch. But none of the sharks wanted to take the deal I’d offered. They told us we didn’t need their help, that we were growing at the right speed and should keep the company’s ownership for ourselves. One investor, Kevin, offered to contribute to my business if I gave him three dollars for every tie I sold for the life of the company, but all of the other sharks told me not to take the deal. I declined, leaving the stage with no deal, but with the promise of a mentorship from another investor, Daymond John. As I walked backstage, my eyes filled with tears and I started sobbing. My goal for months had been to leave with a deal, and I had failed. The moment when I messed up my pitch replayed in my head. But as time passed, I realized that the sharks had actually given me a gift.

9. According to "Zoo" and "The Blind Men and the Elephant," what role does perspective or point of view play in understanding a situation? Write an extended response that analyzes how this idea is developed through characters, setting, and plot in both the story and the poem. Cite evidence from both texts to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English.

Select the correct text in the passage.
Which detail best shapes the idea that people become dishonest when communicating with others?
excerpt from Friendship
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are two elements that go to the composition of friendship, each so sovereign, that I can detect no superiority in either, no reason why
either should be first named. One is Truth. A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in
the presence of a man so real and equal that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which
men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness, with which one chemical atom meets another. Sincerity is the
luxury allowed, but diadems and authority, only to the highest rank, that being permitted to speak truth as having none above it to court or
conform unto. Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. We parry and fend the approach of our fellow-
man by compliments, by gossip, by amusements, by affairs. We cover up our thought from him under a hundred folds. I knew man who, under
a certain religious frenzy, cast off this drapery, and omitting all compliments and commonplace, spoke to the conscience of every person he
encountered, and that with great insight and beauty.

6. What does Juliet say about her parents grief over Tybalt's death?

Explain the dramatic change in Lady Macbeth from the beginning of the play. Be sure to include details about her motivations at the beginning of the play , her feelings toward Macbeth and the murders taking place and finally , her state of mind at the end of the play .

What name is not associated with Jane’s current location?
A. Moor house
B. Morton
C. Marsh end
D. Marycross

what is meant by the ghost of an idea in A christmas carol?

HELP ILL MARK BRAINLIEST !!
Is Macbeth a tragic hero ? 3 examples

In contrasting both poems, which answer best demonstrates how each poem addresses the idea of death?

A.Whitman’s poem is more mournful and grieving about death while Poe’s poem is more somber and grave about death.

B.Whitman’s poem is more embracing of the captain’s fate while Poe’s poem accepting of the death that has and will occur.

C.Whitman’s poem struggles to accept the death of the captain, while Poe’s poem fights against the imminent death in the kingdom.

D.Whitman’s poem illuminates the victorious death, while Poe’s poem sees no difference in life and death.

What are the spelling rules for adding apostrophes to show possession?

the cake was divided ----------- the twelve boys
1) between
2) among
3) amongst

What word in this sentence is a proper noun?
My dad works at Walmart.
A.dad
B.work
C.Walmart

What is this an example of?

HELP FAST IST TIMED!! How does Juliet show her independence here? What evidence can you find of the ways in which Jullet does not play Into societal expectations for women during the time period in which the play is set? What traits does she display that are not traditionally feminine? Answer these questions in a minimum 150-word response, using at least three specific examples from the text in your analysis.​

Which of the following best describes the meaning of "substituted hope for the rod"?

given hope to slaves who want to be free

replaced hope with the threat of violence

replaced the threat of violence with hope

made free laborers hopeful they will no longer be beaten

What the answer to the question now

Read the paragraphs.

"I want you to carefully scrutinize the plants at your lab tables,” our science teacher, Mrs. Sharma, instructed.

My lab partner, Sasha, and I leaned in closer to take a better look at the purple flowers. I took careful note of each segment I could recognize. I wrote them down in my notebook.

"What do you observe about their shapes? What different parts can you identify?” Mrs. Sharma asked.

Based on the context clues in the paragraphs, what does the word "scrutinize” mean?

A. examine
B. expose
C. disturb
D. connect

Based on Steve's actions in the first part of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, readers may have predicted that Steve would continue being the town's leader during the power outage. How should readers revise this prediction after Don asks Steve about his radio? Readers should now predict that Les Goodman will attack Steve. Readers should now predict that Steve is one of the aliens. Readers should now predict that Steve will no longer be in charge. Readers should now predict that Steve will escape to Floral Street.

60 POINTS!! - I need to graduate. I can't fail this. If your unsure, please don't answer...

This author’s use of imagery _____ a sense of joy in the reader.

Question 1 options:

hyperbolizes


evokes


characterizes


conflicts

Question 2 (1 point)
The ­­­­­­___ of the “shhh” sound underscores the peaceful setting of the poem.

Question 2 options:

alliteration


theme


abstract


comparison

Question 3 (1 point)
By _____ the mayor’s speech on peace and prosperity with Eddie’s fight with the grocery store owner, the author further demonstrates how life is full of contrasts.

Question 3 options:

juxtaposing


dialoging


symbolizing


personifying

Question 4 (1 point)
By selecting a youthful point of view, the author creates ___ by sharing knowledge the reader possesses that the young narrator does not.

Question 4 options:

irony


figurative language


concrete


motif

Question 5 (1 point)
Shakespeare sets up a ___ in the first stanza of his sonnet by comparing his age to passing of the seasons and to autumn, in particular.

Question 5 options:

dialog


metaphor


hyperbole


conflict

Question 6 (1 point)
The author may have specifically chosen mockingbirds to attack the protagonist as a means to further the passage’s mocking or sarcastic ___.

Question 6 options:

plot


tone


setting


simile

Question 7 (1 point)
Details such as Ursula’s “slouchy pants,” “bit of mustard” on her face, and the “bird’s nest” in her hair ___ Ursula as someone who cares little for her appearance (pgs. 5-6).

Question 7 options:

abstracts


evokes


characterizes


conflicts

Question 8 (1 point)
It is important to note how the author ___ a sense of unease throughout the poem through the use of sinister details.

Question 8 options:

conveys


juxtaposes


personifies


characterizes

Question 9 (1 point)
Blake’s sympathetic portrayal of the abused chimney sweepers ___ a similarly compassionate response in his readers.

Question 9 options:

resolves


elicits


alludes to


symbolizes

Question 10 (1 point)
___ in the description of the dark and frozen landscape is the narrator’s own troubled mind.

Question 10 options:

Implicit


Ironic


Conflicted


Endowed