“Diana woke up on an oddly warm winter day. She ran down the stairs. She quickly ate her breakfast. She headed out the door. She went to her friend Mellissa’s house to work on their act for the talent show. She loved to dance. She knew Mellissa was a good partner for the show. She was ready.” What makes this passage weak? A. It needs to be proofread B. It lacks a variety of sentence structure C. There are no issues D. It is full of clichés

The thing that makes this passage weak is B. It lacks a variety of sentence structure

This refers to the collection of words that contains a story or narration and is usually didactic.

Hence, we can see that based on the given passage, there is the narration of the activities of Diana that day, however, it lacks a variety of sentence structure as the passage is dull and boring.

This is because the description is boring and uses one variety to describe the activities of Diane.

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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.

Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north
a storm against the ships, and driving veils
of squall moved down like night on land and sea.
The bows went plunging at the gust; sails
cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind.
We saw death in that fury, dropped the yards,
unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee:
then two long days and nights we lay offshore
worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief,
until a third Dawn came with ringlets shining.
Then we put up our masts, hauled sail, and rested,
letting the steersmen and the breeze take over.

Which elements of epic poetry are shown in this excerpt? Select three options.

1. supernatural elements
2. an invocation of a muse
3. a difficult journey with trials
4. rhyme and repetition of words
5. important historical events
6. a hero showing perseverance

What is shakespeare implying by the fact that romeo compares juliet to the sun, while juliet compares romeo to the moon? a. romeo and juliet belong together b. romeo is older than juliet c. romeo will eclipse juliet d. juliet is good, and romeo is evil

Look at me! look at my arm! i have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! and ain’t i a woman? why is this quotation an example of ethos? truth is implying that all of her listeners have experienced similar pain and can relate to her struggle. truth is suggesting that listeners should feel sympathy for her because she has suffered through extreme hardship. truth is testifying that women deserve equal rights because they can be as physically capable as men. truth is demonstrating that all women in the us have faced the same struggle that she has.

Which sentence best avoids bias?
a. if there is an engineer on staff, he likely knows me.
b. every veterans day, i support the men overseas.
c. as a therapist, i focused primarily on men's issues.
d. the average nurse is in her element during a crisis,

Why is openness and honesty a good ethical communication strategy to
counter apprehension?
A. This strategy builds trust and helps the speaker feel more
comfortable.
B. This strategy demonstrates your reliability to the speaker.
C. This strategy allows you to analyze and evaluate the speaker's
position.
D. This strategy presents facts to counter the speaker's opinion.

What did the horse tell to Djinn?​

Read the excerpt from Walden.

Standing on the snow-covered plain, as if in a pasture amid the hills, I cut my way first through a foot of snow, and then a foot of ice, and open a window under my feet, where, kneeling to drink, I look down into the quiet parlor of the fishes, pervaded by a softened light as through a window of ground glass, with its bright sanded floor the same as in summer; there a perennial waveless serenity reigns as in the amber twilight sky, corresponding to the cool and even temperament of the inhabitants. Heaven is under our feet is well as over our heads.
Which best describes the purpose of the imagery in this excerpt?
to illustrate the author’s calm, contemplative mood
to encourage readers to study nature more closely
to share the author’s views on religion and the afterlife
to demonstrate the complexity of animal behavior

Be a Responsible Pet Owner

Many people are unaware of the effect that spaying and neutering has on their pets. By talking to a veterinarian, a pet owner can make an informed decision that will make quite an impact on their pet's life.

Some people think that their pet will be healthier if they do not spay or neuter them. However, studies show that animals who are spayed and neutered avoid becoming sick with certain kinds of cancer, infection from breeding with strays, and physical stress of birthing while either too young or too old. Also, it has been shown that pets who are spayed and neutered can live 30% longer than those who have not.

Other people worry that spaying or neutering their pet will affect their personality. Male pets are affected, becoming friendlier and better behaved instead fighting other pets or spraying their territory. Female pets seem less affected, but also prove to be less territorial and better behaved. Vets have said that the personality of a pet is more affected by the care and attention they receive from their owner than a spay or neuter.

Spaying and neutering is so effective and healthy for pets that it should be a law that all pet owners must follow. Experienced breeders and veterinarians are well-informed, but the average pet owner is not. If pet owners were better informed or even forced by law to spay and neuter their pets, there wouldn't be as many homeless animals on the streets.


What is one way that the author supports his argument?
A.
The author presents facts about pets who have and have not been spayed or neutered.
B.
The author shares a story about a friend whose pets were not neutered or spayed.
C.
The author presents facts and shares stories of his own experiences with pets.
D.
The author does not give any evidence to support his argument or the opposing side.

The widely-recognized
epic poem
Beowulf is significant because
A. it came to England from the ancient Chinese.
B. it was written in England in Old English; only one copy
of the original text still exists.
C. it was brought to England by the Spanish conquerors
and was adopted as part of English culture.

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What is the difference between active and passive voice?

An active voice sentence has a subject that carries out the action of the verb, while a passive voice sentence has a subject that receives the action of the verb.

An active voice sentence describes the actions of the subject of a verb, while passive voice describes the indirect or direct object.

An active voice sentence uses present and past tense forms of verbs without the use of helpers, while a passive voice sentence uses either auxiliary or linking verbs as part of a verb phrase.

An active voice sentence has a subject that receives the action of the verb, while a passive voice sentence has a subject that carries out the action of the verb.

13. How does propaganda influence people?
Propaganda share facts so you don't have to use the web to search for information.
Propaganda is a fun way to help people live happier lives.
Propaganda delivered facts and useful information.
Propaganda convinces people to reconsider their beliefs and actions.

How does the author develop the idea that pleasant weather may be good for our mood but is not always best for analytical thinking

How does Huck’s use of dialect to describe the setting affect this part of the story?
The expressions he uses decrease the conflict by showing that Huck and the others will be good sports about the townspeople’s retaliation.
The expressions he uses increase the conflict by revealing how frightened Huck and the others are at the thought of the townspeople’s revenge.
The expressions he uses add humor and lessen the tension that is building as the townspeople file in to exact their revenge on Huck and the others.
The expressions he uses heighten the suspense that is building as the townspeople file in to exact their revenge on Huck and the others.

(1) I don't know whether you have ever seen a map of a person's mind. (2)Doctors sometimes draw maps of other parts of you, and your own map can become intensely interesting, but catch them trying to draw a map of a child's mind, which is not only confused, but keeps going round all the time. (3) There are zigzag lines on it, just like your temperature on a card, and these are probably roads in the island, for the Neverland is always more or less an island, with astonishing splashes of color here and there, and coral reefs and rakish-looking craft in the offing, and savages and lonely lairs, and gnomes who are mostly tailors, and caves through which a river runs, and princes with six elder brothers, and a hut fast going to decay, and one very small old lady with a hooked nose. (4) It would be an easy map if that were all, but there is also first day at school, religion, fathers, the round pond, needle-work, murders, hangings, verbs that take the dative, chocolate pudding day, getting into braces, say ninety-nine, three-pence for pulling out your tooth yourself, and so on, and either these are part of the island or they are another map showing through, and it is all rather confusing, especially as nothing will stand still.

(5) Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. John's, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. (6) John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. (7) John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents, but on the whole the Neverlands have a family resemblance, and if they stood still in a row you could say of them that they have each other's nose, and so forth. (8) On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles [simple boat]. (9) We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.

(10) Of all delectable islands the Neverland is the snuggest and most compact, not large and sprawly, you know, with tedious distances between one adventure and another, but nicely crammed. (11) When you play at it by day with the chairs and table-cloth, it is not in the least alarming, but in the two minutes before you go to sleep it becomes very real. (12)That is why there are night-lights.
(13) Of course the Neverlands vary a good deal. (14) John's, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it. (15) John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. (16) John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents, but on the whole the Neverlands have a family resemblance, and if they stood still in a row you could say of them that they have each other's nose, and so forth. (17) On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles [simple boat]. (18) We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.

(19) Of all delectable islands the Neverland is the snuggest and most compact, not large and sprawly, you know, with tedious distances between one adventure and another, but nicely crammed. (20) When you play at it by day with the chairs and table-cloth, it is not in the least alarming, but in the two minutes before you go to sleep it becomes very real. (21) That is why there are night-lights.

Based on this passage what does the term "We" refer to in sentence 18
A. The writers.
B. The adults.
C. The children.
D. The dreamers.

Which sentence from the excerpt best demonstrates the author’s reason for writing?

“Then Pau Amma thought a little and said, ‘I have made my choice. I will take all the gifts.’”
“Then the Eldest Magician made a Magic with the right hand, with all five fingers of his right hand, and lo and behold, Best Beloved, Pau Amma grew smaller and smaller and smaller, till at last there was only a little green crab swimming in the water alongside the canoe, crying in a very small voice, ‘Give me the scissors!’”
“And the girl-daughter picked him up on the palm of her little brown hand, and sat him in the bottom of the canoe and gave him her scissors, and he waved them in his little arms, and opened them and shut them and snapped them, and said, ‘I can eat nuts.’”
“‘I can breathe in the dry air, and I can find a safe Pusat Tasek under every stone.’”
Mark this and return

Which of the following is the
claim of this text?
A. Schools must limit the use of cell phones
simply because they distract students from
the act...
B. Can students be blamed for enjoying cell
phones more than instruction?
C. Teachers simply cannot compete with
phones

I just wanted to write this letter to thank you for being such a great teacher for me. there have been challenges, but i have gotten through them. i wanted to say i really loved your lessons, and they weren't boring like some teachers. i would also like to thank you for all you do and do for all the people you deal with. thanks for be so accomadating to me. it helped me so much this year

Which claim made in "Is a Penny Saved Worth Anything?" is supported by reasons or evidence?



Charities benefit greatly from the existence of the penny.

Pennies should still be made of copper today.

Producing pennies harms the environment.

Zinc production is an expensive process.

who is the Black Legion, who were first introduced

Identify two themes in this excerpt from “The Cold Equation.”

“They would hate him with cold and terrible intensity but it really didn't matter. He would never see them, never know them. He would have only the memories to remind him; only the nights to fear, when a blue-eyed girl in gypsy sandals would come in his dreams to die again—”

Group of answer choices

(1) The right choice is not always an easy choice and (2) Honesty is always the best choice.

(1) Some choices are irreversible and (2) The deaths of the young are more tragic.

(1) The right choice is not always an easy choice and (2) All decisions have consequences.

(1) Choices haunt you forever and (2) The deaths of the young are more tragic.

According to the Four Freedoms speech, who is the villain?

Question 14 of 24
read the following description:
she had the face of an arrogant headmistress who was
long past her prime, yet she hadn't bothered to find out.
something in the severe lines of her face suggested she
had long since been defeated by time but was still fighting
pointlessly against it.
what are two literary themes that can be identified in this description?
a. the indignity of vanity and the futility of the pursuit of beauty
o b. the cruelty of time and the importance of integrity
c. the inevitability of aging and the dignity of self-worth
o
d. the uselessness of youth and the value of kindness
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please help me build a sentence using these words only.

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Explain internal conflict and external conflict and include examples.

One way to better connect with this excerpt is to

tell about an experience with a computer virus.
define the specific details of a PGP virus.
research decryption viruses on the Internet.
contrast viruses with Trojan horse attacks

Read the following two arguments about school uniforms then answer the question below.

Carl: "Imagine a world without color and free choice. That will be the world we live in if we are forced to wear uniforms. The uniforms will be ugly. They will make you look like a nerd, because uniforms are what all nerds wear. Don't be one of the fools that think this is a good idea, because everyone knows we do not need uniforms.

Beth: "Uniforms are a great idea for our school. Studies have shown that schools that adopted a uniform saw a 10% increase in grades. I know Carl says that the uniforms are ugly, however as a guy, what does he know about fashion? The uniforms will not be ugly, because uniforms are not ugly."

Who uses circular reasoning in their argument?


A. Beth and Carl
B. Beth
C. Neither Beth nor Carl
D. Carl
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A shark has a special kind of camouflage called countershading. Its back and stomach are different colors. The shark is darker on its back and blends with the dark water below it. Predators can’t see it from above. The shark is lighter on its stomach and blends in with the lighter water above. The shark’s prey near the ocean bottom can’t see it above them.
Which sentence from the passage BEST supports the idea that a shark's camouflage helps make it an excellent predator?
A. "A shark has a special kind of camouflage called countershading."
B. "Its back and stomach are different colors."
C. "Predators can’t see it from above."
D. "The shark’s prey near the ocean bottom can’t see it above them."

How is the nonfictional text similar to the fictional text in The People Could Fly?

Both include imaginary animal characters.
Both tell a real story of escaping slavery.
Both use a first-person point of view.
Both describe a person gaining his freedom.

What is most likely Mr. White's final wish?

A. To stop his wife from feeling so sad

B. To return the 200 pounds he received

C. To go back in time and never make the first wish

D. To reverse his second wish

How do you use "the"​