How does the author use specific details to explain what umami is? Use information from the text to support your answer.
Umami, the Fifth Taste



A potato chip’s sharp saltiness. A chocolate bar’s sweetness. The puckery sourness of a lemon. The bitterness of broccoli. Until recently, scientists agreed that these four were the only tastes our tongues detected, and that combinations of salty, sweet, sour, and bitter produced the complex flavors we enjoy in food.

But first, what is taste? We taste with our tongues, although our noses contribute to what the senses experience when we eat. We have trouble tasting when we have a cold. That’s because our noses are responsible for creating what we recognize as flavor. Taste expert Professor Tom Finger defines flavor as “a combination of taste and smell.” Professor Finger offers a simple experiment that illustrates the difference between taste and flavor: Chew a jellybean while holding your nose closed. Can you recognize the flavor? But open your nose and keep chewing. You should know exactly what you’re eating: cherry, strawberry, or watermelon.


Taste happens on our tongues. If you look at your tongue in a mirror, you’ll see that it is covered with tiny bumps called papillae. Inside the papillae are cells too small to see; these are called taste buds. After you eat a potato chip, and the saliva in your mouth has begun to break it down, the chip moves over some of your tongue’s thousands of papillae and reaches the taste buds. Chemical receptors1 in the buds that respond to salt then send a “salty” signal to your brain. Some people, called “supertasters,” have more papillae than others. Supertasters react strongly to the tastes in foods, especially those that are bitter.

The sides of our tongues are more sensitive than the middle, and the back is especially sensitive to bitterness. Scientists believe that this extra sensitivity helped to prevent early humans from swallowing poisonous or rotten foods.

Over a hundred years ago, a chemistry professor in Japan named Kikunae Ikeda believed there was a fifth taste to which our tongues reacted. This taste was not sweet, sour, bitter, or salty. It was different, rich, and distinct. Professor Ikeda enjoyed this taste in asparagus, tomatoes, cheese, meat, and especially in a savory Japanese seaweed broth called dashi. Professor Ikeda isolated the chemical that gave dashi its taste: glutamic acid. He named this

new, fifth taste “umami,” which means “delicious.”

It wasn’t until 2002 that the taste receptor for umami was located and the fifth taste was completely understood. But long before science confirmed it, people enjoyed the taste of umami-rich foods: soy sauce, mushrooms, ketchup, cooked meats (think cheeseburgers and

pepperoni pizzas), and Parmesan cheese. Scientists believe that humans came to enjoy the distinct umami taste because of our need to eat protein-rich foods.

Like its brother and sister tastes, umami is uniquely itself. Umami has a depth described as “mouthfulness.” Others have declared that umami is the taste of “yum” or “pure deliciousness.” However we explain the fifth taste, it’s hard to imagine a great meal that isn’t just a little bit umami.

Answer: The author uses imagery and diction to help desicribe the word "umami"

Explanation:

The author uses imagery and diction to help desicribe the word "umami".  The author writes how "This taste was not sweet, sour, bitter, or salty. It was different, rich and distinct." This imagery allows the reader to clearly taste and smell what is happening. The author then goes on to explain how Umami has a depth described as "mouthfulness" or "pure deliciousness" The author uses diction to refer to the linguistic choices he or she makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story.

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This war was fought between America and Great Britain which started in the year 1812. It was in this war, that the American expansionist attempts to the north would be halted. The war was a huge loss to the American Indians who sought to fight and keep them on their land but would loose and their land was taken (Housman, Reginald). It is ironic, however, that this war ended in a stalemate having not benefited the parties that were taking in it. America did not occupy Canada as it hoped and neither did Great Britain, the colonial master of Canada acquire America.

Before the war of 1812, the British were engaged in the Napoleonic war against Napoleon of France in the Napoleonic wars. America sought to be neutral on the issue and its involvement at the time became only through trade. The British, however, instituted blockades and trade restrictions preventing American sailors from trading with the enemies of British i.e. French. This was an unfair move and was deemed to be an attack on the sovereignty of America and international laws(Reginald, 2017). The British would also force the American ships to first dock in the British ports and get a license before trading with any European nation. They made the American sailors join the British army, a move met with a lot of criticism and protest by the Americans against the British. The British were impressing the sailors were looking for British nationals who were avoiding the army by boarding American ships.

The War of 1812 pitted the young United States in a war against Great Britain, from whom the American colonies had won their independence in 1783. Press gangs, though ostensibly targeting British subjects for naval service, also swept up 6,000 to 9,000 Americans into the crews of British ships between 1803 and 1812. Andrew Jackson defeats the Creek Indians in the battle of Horseshoe Bend (Mississippi Territory). The British plan a three-part invasion of US: Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain, & the mouth of Mississippi River. The British are turned back at Baltimore harbor. The British burn the White House in Washington, D.C. War of 1812, (June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815), conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. Causes of the War of 1812 Maritime Issues. Impressment was the most volatile issue between the United States and Britain. Expansionism. The division of land after the Revolution did not leave everyone satisfied.

Political. Who won War of 1812? British ,The British won, despite what Americans may think. The British kept Canada, as well as the maritime policies that Americans say were the reason for the war. Why was the war of 1812 significant to the United States? Although often treated as a minor footnote to the bloody European war between France and Britain, the War of 1812 was crucial for the United States. Second, the war allowed the United States to rewrite its boundaries with Spain and solidify control over the lower Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.

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*Hint: Think about the problems that Jack might be causing*

Question 1 options:

He challenges Ralph's rules and leadership of the boys.


He hunts meat for the group.


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1Points
A
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B
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C
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Welcome to Sulphur Springs Inn

Remember that warm serene feeling of yesteryear? You can experience those feelings again. There’s a reason the surrounding area of the Sulphur Springs Inn was once called "Peaceful Valley of Rippling Waters." People used to visit the area from many far-away places to experience the springs. The sulphur mud and bromide springs had a healing effect on many. It also made the spot very popular.



Sulphur Springs Inn can be found in the same area that was once "Peaceful Valley of Rippling Waters." We like to think that the area is still a safe place where people can come and be refreshed and calmed. We have bathhouses of healing waters that give guests a chance to return to nature.
The Inn also serves as the gateway for Oklahoma's most beautiful and sacred grounds. Guests can access not only our healing springs, but they can encounter unique plants, birds, and wildlife.
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The section above uses its text structure
A.
to illustrate how peaceful and refreshing a trip to the Sulphur Springs Inn is.
B.
to compare how the springs water is different from drinking water.
C.
to explain how the springs gets its healing and calming power.
D.
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Eagerly anticipating her high school graduation day and for her summer and freshman fall college to began, Ellie could not wait.

A) Egeraly anticipating her high school graduation day, Ellie could not wait for her senior summer and freshman fall at college to begin.

B) Egeraly anticipating her high school graduation day and for her senior summer and freshman fall at college to begin, Ellie could not wait.

C) Ellie could not wait, eagerly anticipating her high school graduation day and waiting for her senior summer and freshman fall at college to begin.

D) Egeraly anticipating Ellie for her high school graduation day, waiting for her senior summer and freshman fall at college to begin, could not wait.

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What evidence does the speaker provide to support his reasons?


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